To combat climate change, farmers must innovate through ecological intensification to boost
food production, increase resilience to weather extremes, and shrink the carbon footprint of …

Intercropping is a farming practice involving two or more crop species, or genotypes,
growing together and coexisting for a time. On the fringes of modern intensive agriculture …

There is an urgent need for agricultural development strategies that reconcile agricultural
production and biodiversity conservation. This is especially true in the Global South where …

Intercropping is one of the most vital practice to improve land utilization rate in China that
has limited arable land resource. However, the traditional intercropping systems have many …

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 …

Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.)/peanut (Arachishypogaea L.) intercropping has been widely
practiced in semi-arid regions to reduce wind erosion and improve resource (eg water and …

Relay cropping (RC) is a multiple cropping system that consists in planting a second crop
into a standing first crop prior to its harvest. RC has potential to address food security and …

Background Plants form the base of the terrestrial food chain and provide medicines, fuel,
fibre and industrial materials to humans. Vascular land plants rely on their roots to acquire …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most cultivated crops in temperate climates. As its
pests are mainly controlled with insecticides that are harmful to the environment and human …

Context The mechanisms underlying belowground processes in a perennial legume-
dominated cereal/legume intercropping system were largely unknown. Objective This study …