Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

Variety mixtures can provide a range of benefits for both the crop and the environment. Their
utility for the suppression of pathogens, especially in small grain crops, is well established …

Sustainable intensification calls for agroecological and adaptive management of the
agrifood system. Here, we focus on intercropping and how this agroecological practice can …

Food security is threatened by the combined pressures of increasing populations and
climate change. Agricultural land is vulnerable to overexploitation and environmental …

Intercropping is both a well-established and yet novel agricultural practice, depending on
one's perspective. Such perspectives are principally governed by geographic location and …

The green revolution successfully increased agricultural output in the early 1960s by relying
primarily on three pillars: plant breeding, irrigation, and chemical fertilization. Today, the …

In meta-analysis, study participants are nested within studies, leading to a multilevel data
structure. The traditional random effects model can be considered as a model with a random …

Food security depends on the ability of staple crops to tolerate new abiotic and biotic
pressures. Wheat, barley, and other small grains face substantial yield losses under all …

Crop variety mixtures can provide many benefits, including pathogen suppression and
increased yield and yield stability. However, these benefits do not necessarily occur in all …

A profound transformation of agricultural production methods has become unavoidable due
to the increase in the world's population, and environmental and climatic challenges …