Macronutrient inputs to annual cropping systems can benefit weeds as well as crops,
sometimes decreasing or eliminating the benefits of fertilization. This interaction between …

Abstract Service crops are crops grown to provide services to other cash crops, rather than
for production purposes, with the ultimate aim of improving the environmental and …

Leaf traits of global plants reveal the fundamental trade-offs in plant resource acquisition to
conservation strategies. However, which leaf traits are consistent, converged, or diverged …

Soybean is prone to weed infestations and yield variability. With the proposition of using
intercropping to overcome these problems, this study explored the effects of combinations of …

The positive effect of grain legume pre-crops on the yield of the subsequent crop has been
studied widely, whereas less information is available on the nitrogen (N) processes related …

Enhancing plant nutrition during critical periods of water stress is a paramount objective. As
such, this study aims to examine the effects that arise from implementing water stress …

Aims A better understanding of how plant growth, N nutrition and symbiotic nitrogen fixation
(SNF) are influenced by soil inorganic N availability, for a wide range of legume species, is …

Catch crop (CC) mixtures of non-legumes (nL) and legumes (L) have been promoted as a
strategy to achieve two different goals: to decrease the risk of nitrate leaching and to …

Photosynthetic stimulation by elevated [CO2](e [CO2]) may be limited by the capacity of sink
organs to use photosynthates. In many legumes, N2‐fixing symbionts in root nodules …

Salinity has adverse effects on the nitrogen (N) metabolism of legumes in dryland
ecosystems. Although the response of biological N fixation (BNF) to salt stress has received …