Intercropping cereals with faba bean reduces plant disease incidence regardless of fertilizer input; a meta-analysis

• Published in: European journal of plant pathology Vol. 154; no. 4; pp. 931 - 942
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chaochun, Dong, Yan, Tang, Li, Zheng, Yi, Makowski, David, Yu, Yang, Zhang, Fusuo, van der Werf, Wopke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2019; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agricultural sciences; Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Airborne microorganisms; Anthropogenic factors; Barley; bean rust; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blumeria graminis; Botrytis fabae; Broad beans; Cereals; Chocolate spot; chocolate spot disease; Disease control; disease incidence; disease occurrence; disease outbreaks; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Epidemics; faba beans; Fertilizers; Fusarium; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium wilt; Incidence; Intercropping; Legumes; Life Sciences; Meta-analysis; mildews; Nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; Nutrient management; odds ratio; pathogens; Plant diseases; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Powdery mildew; Proteins; Puccinia striiformis; Puccinia striiformis f. tritici; Stripe rust; Triticum aestivum; Uromyces viciae-fabae; Vicia faba; Wheat; Wilt; Disease control; Intercropping; Nutrient management; Meta-analysis; fertilisation raisonnée; metaanalysis; cereal; contrôle biologique; nutrient management (fertilization); méta analyse; céréale; gestion de l'interculture

Ecological intensification of agriculture calls for ecological mechanisms to replace anthropogenic inputs. Cereal/legume intercropping increases yields due to species complementarities, it produces high protein food and feed, and it reduces the need for artificial N fertilizer because legumes fix N...