HOW MULTISPECIES INTERCROP ADVANTAGE RESPONDS TO WATER STRESS: A YIELD-COMPONENT ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND ITS EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION

• Published in: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 416 - 431
• Main Authors: GARCIA-BARRIOS, Luis, DECHNIK-VAZQUEZ, Yanus A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Higher Education Press 01.09.2021
• Subjects: agroecosystem sustainability; agroecosystem sustainability|crop overyielding|intercrop drought resistance|overyield ecological components; crop overyielding; intercrop drought resistance; overyield ecological components

● A framework for multicrop advantage under varying watering conditions is provided. ● This framework clarifies the relation between multicrop overyielding and land use efficiency. ● A novel experimental setup was used to evaluate these theoretical developments. ● Theory and experiment conveyed prec...