Intercropping legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 460; no. 1/2; pp. 89 - 104
• Main Authors: Tang, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Chaochun, Yu, Yang, Shen, Jianbo, van der Werf, Wopke, Zhang, Fusuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.03.2021; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; Beans; biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cereals; Crop yield; Crops; Double cropping; Ecology; Efficiency; Environmental aspects; fertilizer application; Fertilizers; Grain; Intercropping; Land use; Legumes; Life Sciences; Meta-analysis; Methods; Mimosaceae; Phosphorus; phosphorus fertilizers; Phosphorus in the body; Physiological aspects; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Regular Article; REGULAR ARTICLES; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Sole cropping; China; Cereal/legume intercrops; P conversion efficiency; P fertilizer equivalent ratio; P uptake; Meta-analysis

Aims Intercropping cereals with legumes may achieve high crop yields at reduced input levels. Several studies have indicated that intercropping increases phosphorus use efficiency but no overarching analysis exists on the role of species traits and input levels. Here we synthesize the available info...