Abstract Service crops are crops grown to provide services to other cash crops, rather than
for production purposes, with the ultimate aim of improving the environmental and …

Crop diversification has been put forward as a way to reduce the environmental impact of
agriculture without penalizing its productivity. In this context, intercrop**, the planned …

Intercrop** aims to exploit complementary and facilitative interactions between species to
improve capture and efficiency in the use of resources, and yield and profit per unit land and …

During the fallow period, crucifers grown as catch crops are known to effectively reduce
nitrate leaching, while legumes act mainly as green manure by releasing large amounts of …

Root system architecture has received increased attention in recent years; however,
significant knowledge gaps remain for physiological phenes, or units of phenotype, that …

Purpose The current knowledge of belowground interactions in intercrop** systems is
limited due to methodological constraints. The current study aimed to investigate cereal …

Planting cover crops after harvest of the main crop has become a key practice in temperate
agriculture to reduce N leaching and increase soil organic matter. However, the growth of …

Cover crop mixtures have the potential to provide more ecosystem services than cover crop
monocultures. However, seeding rates that are typically recommended (ie seeding rate of …

Agricultural soils are at risk of nitrogen (N) leaching especially during the fallow period in
autumn and winter. Cover crops are grown to capture soil mineral N that otherwise would …

A two-year field experiment was conducted to address the effects of mixture composition and
legume-grass seeding ratio on the biomass yield and nutritional quality of legume–grass …