Soil biota is decisive for overyielding in intercropping under low phosphorus conditions

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 1804 - 1814
• Main Authors: Qiao, Xu, Bei, Shuikuan, Wang, Guangzhou, Li, Chunjie, Li, Haigang, Zhang, Junling, Zhang, Fusuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; applied ecology; Availability; Beans; biomass; Biota; Broad beans; Carboxylates; Crop yield; Crops; faba bean; faba beans; facilitation; Intercropping; Interspecific relationships; Legumes; Microbial activity; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; Monoculture; Nutrient availability; nutrient management; overyielding; phosphate availability; phosphates; Phosphorus; Protons; Rhizosphere; rhizosphere carboxylates; soil; soil biota; soil microbes; Soil microorganisms; soil sterilization; Soils; Sterilization; Sustainable agriculture; Triticum aestivum; Vicia faba; Wheat

Cereal/legume intercropping typically increases crop yield; however, the mechanisms through which soil microbes mediate overyielding in intercropping under different nutrient availability remain elusive. Here we examined the effect of soil biota and phosphate (P) availability on intercropping advant...