Intercropping has been shown to increase the productivity of agroecosystems, but the
belowground mechanisms for this have not been well elucidated. The soil microbial …

Intensive agriculture has major negative impacts on ecosystem diversity and functioning,
including that of soils. The associated reduction of soil biodiversity and essential soil …

Purpose Intercropping is an important agricultural management that has been applied
worldwide. Although intercropping improves soil nutrients and crop productivity, its effects on …

Intercropping is a traditional farming system that increases crop diversity to strengthen
agroecosystem functions while decreasing chemical inputs and minimizing negative …

Abstract Background and Aims Studies verify that intercropping increases soil macro-
aggregates but the mechanism underlying the increase is poorly understood. Methods …

Cereal-legume intercropping has been widely used to increase productivity and achieve
sustainable development in modern agricultural systems. However, there has been few …

Although the importance of the soil microbiome in mediating plant community structures and
functions has been increasingly emphasized in ecological studies, the biological processes …

Variability in the activity and composition of soil microbial communities may have important
implications for the suite of microbially-derived ecosystem functions upon which agricultural …

Background Overyielding (ie, mixtures of crops yielding higher than expected when
compared with monocultures) and increased nutrient acquisition have been found in many …

Intercropping controls a variety of agroecosystem processes that are crucial for effective crop
production by increasing crop diversity. Prior studies have frequently concentrated on crop …