Exploitation of neighbouring subsoil for nutrient acquisition under annual-perennial strip intercropping systems

Exploitation of Nutrient-Rich Soil Patches by Invasive Annual and Native Perennial Grasses

Invasion of nutrient-poor habitats might be related to the ability of a species to exploit nutrient-rich microsites. Recent research suggests fast-growing species might have a greater ability to allocate root biomass to nutrient-rich microsites (root foraging precision) than slow-growing species. We examined if differences in relative growth rate (RGR) between invasive and native species were r...

Integration of water, nutrient an carbon cycling under diverse annual perennial plant community systems in agricultural landscapes

This study examined nutrient, water and carbon cycling processes and biodiversity patterns within replicated sub-watersheds that comprised different configurations of annual and perennial plant communities, ranging from conventional row crops to mixed annual and perennial systems to reconstructed native plant

Light Competition in Chinese Cabbage/Maize Strip Intercropping Systems

Due to drastic socio-economic changes traditional intercropping systems in China are endangered. New high yielding intercropping systems that can easily be mechanized have to be developed. By using environmental resources more efficiently intercropping often produces higher yields compared to monocropping. Solar radiation as the strongest growth factor plays a key role when designing new interc...

Intercropping studies with annual crops

This pape r tries to illustrate how beneficial interactions between crops can be exploited to increase the overall output of a cropping system. Growth studies with sorghum/pigeonpea and mil let /groundnut a re described to show how intercropping systems can achieve much larger yields than sole crops by using environmental resources more fully over t ime or more efficiently in space. D a t a fro...

Strip Intercropping: A CRP Conversion Option