Annual intercrops: an alternative pathway for sustainable agriculture.

By A. Lithourgidis, Christos Dordas, C. Damalas, D. Vlachostergios. 2011

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Comparative analysis of maize–soybean strip intercropping systems: a review (2018, background): “Intercropping systems provide 15–20% of food supply to the world (Lithourgidis et al., 2011).”
Applying ecological principles of crop cultivation in large-scale algal biomass production (2014, background): “Nonetheless, the practice of growing two or more crops together is widespread throughout the tropics and also is becoming increasingly practiced in temperate agriculture [105,107].”
Current knowledge and future research opportunities for modeling annual crop mixtures. A review (2019, unknown): “” Studies have demonstrated advantages of annual crop mixtures compared to their corresponding sole crops (reviewed by Lithourgidis et al. 2011; Bedoussac et al. 2015; Brooker et al. 2015; Li-li et al. 2015 for species diversity and Zeller et al. 2012; Creissen et al. 2016; Barot et al. 2017 for…”
Changes in light environment, morphology, growth and yield of soybean in maize-soybean intercropping systems (2017, background): “Intercropping systems provide 15–20% of the world’s food supply (Lithourgidis et al., 2011).”
Weed Suppression in Cover Crop Monocultures and Mixtures (2017, unknown): “Even if research on intercropping has shed some light on how combinations of species may suppress weeds (Lithourgidis et al. 2011), the mechanism of weed suppression in a cover crop mixture is still not well understood.”
Agroecology: Principles for the Conversion and Redesign of Farming Systems (2016, background): “Facilitation occurs when one crop modifies the environment in a way that benefits a second crop, for example, by lowering the population of a critical insect pest, or by releasing nutrients that can be taken up by the second crop [26].”
Crop diversification as a smallholder livelihood strategy within semi-arid agricultural systems near Mount Kenya (2015, background): “…inorganic fertilizers contribute to nitrate pollution and eutrophication (among other environmental consequences), intercropping with legumes can provide an alternative, sustainable way of introducing biological nitrogen fixation into the system (Fustec et al., 2010; Lithourgidis et al., 2011).”
Maize–cowpea intercropping as an ecological approach for nitrogen-use rationalization and weed suppression (2015, background): “managed and sustainable agricultural systems, growing crops in mixtures has become an important element (Lithourgidis et al. 2011).”
Yield advantage and water saving in maize/pea intercrop (2012, background): “Different row space arrangements can result in different planting densities that have shown to affect the distribution and depth of roots (Hauggaard-Nielsen et al., 2001; Lithourgidis et al., 2011; Reddy and Willey, 1981).”
Heavy metal pollution in the environment and their toxicological effects on humans (2020, background): “Mixed intercropping – different crops are harvested at the same time, Row intercropping – different crops are cultivated in alternative rows, Relay cropping – the second crop is sown when the other species reached the reproductive stage [86].”