Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

By Rob W. Brooker, Alison E. Bennett, W. Cong, T. Daniell, T. George, P. Hallett, C. Hawes, P. Iannetta, H. Jones, A. Karley and 12 more. New Phytologist, 2015

1,212 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Forestry, Plant Science

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Sustainable intensification in agriculture: the richer shade of green. A review (2017, background): “Yet, a recent review suggested that intercropping can play a significant role in sustainable intensification (Brooker et al. 2015).”
Shifts in plant functional strategies over the course of wheat domestication (2018, background): “In cereals, intercropping systems where they are mixed with other species of agronomic interest (e.g. legumes) are a demonstration of the benefit of biodiversity for crop sustainability (Brooker et al., 2015; Pretty & Bharucha, 2014).”
The role of complementarity and selection effects in P acquisition of intercropping systems (2017, background): “The selection of specific breeding varieties of both the facilitator and the facilitated crop species provide two practical applications to improve intercropping in modern agricultural systems (Brooker et al. 2015).”
Facilitation and biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming (2021, background): “We know that— as for general BEF effects— they are often context and scale- dependent (Li et al., 2020), and highly variable in magnitude (Brooker et al., 2015; Vandermeer, 1989).”
Functional traits in cover crop mixtures: Biological nitrogen fixation and multifunctionality (2018, background): “Although BNF is often characterized as a binary functional category (Brooker et al., 2015)—presence or absence of legumes—the rate of N fixation (% N from fixation) varies within and across legume species.”
Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security. (2018, background): “Nevertheless, while there is some evidence that polycultures may increase supply stability by providing portfolio effects and increasing nutrient and water use efficiencies (21, 80), widespread adoption on large scale farms has not yet taken place.”