Publisher Summary This chapter describes the various aspects of cereal-legume
intercropping systems. Intercropping is the growing of two or more crop species …

Inputs of biologically fixed N into agricultural systems may be derived from symbiotic
relationships involving legumes and Rhizobium spp., partnerships between plants and …

Cereal/legume intercropping increases dry matter production and grain yield more than their
monocultures. When fertilizer N is limited, biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the major …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the merits of the different techniques that have
been used to quantify N 2 fixation and reviews the role of symbiotic N 2 fixation in the N …

Land And Soil Are Non-Renewable Natural Resources. The Nature Has Taken Thousands
Of Years To Create An Inch Of Fertile Soil. Mismanagement Of This Precious Resource Is A …

The effects of cereal legume intercropping on nitrogen dynamics and losses from an arable
rotation are reported. The main hypotheses were that:(a) intercrops can reduce nitrous oxide …

A model of ecosystem degradation and three possible responses to it—restoration,
rehabilitation, and real‐location—is applied to ongoing projects in the arid mediterranean …

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) and oat (Avena sativa L.) were grown as sole and mixed crops in
various densities under two different tillage systems on a loess soil near Göttingen/Germany …

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 …

Understanding belowground competition of plants requires a simple method for species
identification of plant roots. This study investigates Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) …