Intercropping with legume for agroecological cropping systems: Complementarity and facilitation processes and the importance of soil microorganisms. A review

O Duchene, JF Vian, F Celette - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Intercropping is a powerful way to promote a more diversified plant community in the field,
thereby enabling complementary and facilitative relationships. In these systems, legumes …

[HTML][HTML] Legume-based intercropping systems promote beneficial rhizobacterial community and crop yield under stressing conditions

I Chamkhi, S Cheto, J Geistlinger, Y Zeroual… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intercropping is an adapted farming system to optimize resource-use efficiency and crop
yield, particularly in low input agricultural systems. Due to the beneficial eco-agricultural …

Enrichment of biodiversity, influence in microbial population dynamics of soil and nutrient utilization in cereal-legume intercropping systems: A Review

S Maitra, DP Ray - International Journal of Bioresource Science, 2019 - indianjournals.com
Intercropping system, in general, is growing of two or more crops on the same piece of land
simultaneously with a definite row proportions. However, it is very much important to ensure …

Cereal+ legume intercropping: An option for improving productivity and sustaining soil health

J Layek, A Das, T Mitran, C Nath, RS Meena… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Intercropping is the system of simultaneously growing two or more crops on the same land
area with a definite row arrangement. However, it is very much important to ensure that …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological principles underlying the increase of productivity achieved by cereal-grain legume intercrops in organic farming. A review

L Bedoussac, EP Journet… - Agronomy for …, 2015 - Springer
World population is projected to reach over nine billion by the year 2050, and ensuring food
security while mitigating environmental impacts represents a major agricultural challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Intercropping—A low input agricultural strategy for food and environmental security

S Maitra, A Hossain, M Brestic, M Skalicky, P Ondrisik… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials
with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of …

[HTML][HTML] Grain legume-cereal intercropping enhances the use of soil-derived and biologically fixed nitrogen in temperate agroecosystems. A meta-analysis

C Rodriguez, G Carlsson, JE Englund, A Flöhr… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grain legumes are known for their benefits to deliver ecosystem services on provisioning of
protein-rich food and feed, reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the symbiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrogen distribution and soil microbial community characteristics in a legume–cereal intercropping system: A review

H Lai, F Gao, H Su, P Zheng, Y Li, H Yao - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intercropping systems can flexibly use resources such as sunlight, heat, water, and nutrients
in time and space, improve crop yield and land utilization rates, effectively reduce …

Grain legume–cereal intercropping: The practical application of diversity, competition and facilitation in arable and organic cropping systems

H Hauggaard-Nielsen, B Jørnsgaard… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Intercropping is the simultaneous cultivation of more than one crop species on the same
piece of land and is regarded as the practical application of basic ecological principles such …

Unveiling the potential of maize-legume intercropping system for agricultural sustainability: A review

U Sahoo, S Maitra, S Dey… - Farming and …, 2023 - indianjournals.com
Intercropping offers a promising approach to enhance productivity in a given land area by
simultaneously cultivating two or more crops together. Maize, a versatile cereal crop that can …