Syndromes of production in intercropping impact yield gains

• Published in: Nature plants Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 653 - 660
• Main Authors: Li, Chunjie, Hoffland, Ellis, Kuyper, Thomas W., Yu, Yang, Zhang, Chaochun, Li, Haigang, Zhang, Fusuo, van der Werf, Wopke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/449; 706/1143; Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Biomedical and Life Sciences; China; Corn; Crop Production - methods; Crops; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; Edible Grain - growth & development; Fabaceae - growth & development; Fertilizers; Intensive farming; Intercropping; Life Sciences; Monoculture; Nutrients; Plant Breeding; Plant Sciences; Sole cropping; Sustainability; Zea mays - growth & development; China

Intercropping, the simultaneous production of multiple crops on the same field, provides opportunities for the sustainable intensification of agriculture if it can provide a greater yield per unit land and fertilizer than sole crops. The worldwide absolute yield gain of intercropping as compared wit...