Using competitive and facilitative interactions in intercropping systems enhances crop productivity and nutrient-use efficiency

By Fusuo Zhang, Long Li. Plant and Soil, 2004

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science

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Intercropping with legume for agroecological cropping systems: Complementarity and facilitation processes and the importance of soil microorganisms. A review (2017, background): “Even if the regulation of N2 fixation involves other parameters like P availability or soil pH (Schulze, 2004; Vance et al., 2000; Zhang and Li, 2003), this straightforward feedback mechanism is commonly considered to explain the valuable use of additional nitrogen pool from legumes as an effect of ”
Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on A Social-Ecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems: Benefits, Costs, Obstacles, and Enabling Policy Frameworks Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs (2012, background): “…use efficiency of combined cropping systems can produce a cobenefit of reducing soil nitrate loads and thus the potential for nitrate leaching (Zhang and Li 2003). http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss4/art40/ Studying the effect of crop rotation on nutrient management, Gardner et al.…”
Advantages of Maize-Cowpea Intercropping over Sole Cropping through Competition Indices (2012, background): “When two crops are planted together, intra and/or inter specific competition or facilitation between plants may occur [11].”
Mineral nutrition of wheat, chickpea and lentil as affected by mixed cropping and soil moisture (2007, background): “Interspecific competition and facilitative interactions which may occur when two crops are grown together have been extensively investigated (Zhang and Li 2003; Li et al. 2004a), and are attracting increasing interest.”