Increase in microbial biomass and phosphorus availability in the rhizosphere of intercropped cereal and legumes under field conditions

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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): “Findings showing increased microbial biomass and microbial activity when a cereal and a legume are intercropped clearly revealed the involvement of microbial life in this stimulation of the rhizosphere (Latati et al., 2014; Qiang et al., 2004; Tang et al., 2014).”
Phosphorus availability and microbial community in the rhizosphere of intercropped cereal and legume along a P-fertilizer gradient (2016, background): “…by Betencourt et al. (2012), it is, however, in line with what was found in a different field experiment with chickpea intercropped with durum wheat that was conducted in a high P soil (slightly greater P availability than the present High P treatment) in a Mediterranean climate (Tang et al. 2014).”
Intercropping legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis (2020, background): “Several examples of such facilitation have been described in cereal/legume intercropping (Betencourt et al. 2012; Tang et al. 2014, 2016).”