Maize (Zea mays L.)–legume intercropping is common cropping system among smallholder farmers in West Africa. However, little known about the income risk reduction associated with maize–legume strip A 3-yr study was conducted Upper and Northern regions of Ghana to determine effect on productivity, income, using a randomized complete block design five replications each region. Seven treatments we...

Legume crops are widely grown worldwide and a primary source of proteins across many least developed countries. These food inherently produced in environmentally sustainable manner also an economical plant-based versus animal-based proteins. The nutrient composition legumes is very rich, that is, high content protein, fiber, bioactive compounds relatively lower carbohydrates than cereal crops. ...

Root parasitic weeds are a major limiting production factor in a number of crops, and control is difficult. Genetic resistance and chemical control lead the fight, but without unequivocal success. Models that help to describe and even predict the evolution of parasitism underground are a valuable tool for herbicide applications, and even could help in breeding programs. Legumes are heavily affe...

Intercropping is the simultaneous cultivation of more than one crop species on the same piece of land and is regarded as the practical application of basic ecological principles such as diversity, competition and facilitation. Field experiments were carried out on a sandy loam soil and a sandy soil in Denmark over three consecutive cropping seasons including dual grain legume (pea, faba bean an...

Abstract Synchronizing crop residue decomposing and releasing nitrogen with subsequent cash needs provides benefits for ecosystems, but it is difficult to carry out. This study aimed investigate the trend of decomposition vetch ( Vicia sativa ), rye Secale cereal e) mixed (rye + vetch) cover residues as well release after incorporating them into soil during 12 weeks potato growth season by usin...

In the current study, impact of preceding crops on growth, fresh pod yield, nitrogen fixation efficiency, and nutrition faba bean (Vicia L.) was investigated for two years in both organic conventional crops. As served cabbage, pea, bean. The number per plant (PN) total yield (TFPY) were significantly lower with cabbage compared to pea as cropping systems experimental years. However, farming sys...

Integrating cover cropping into crop–fallow rotation has been considered a key component of ecological intensification that could mitigate negative productivity and sustainability challenges associated with conventional fallow practices. However, the adoption crops in water-limited environments limited by potential soil water nitrogen (N) costs resulting yield penalties. We examined impacts div...

On-farm experiments and pot trials were conducted on eight West African soils to explore the mechanisms governing the often reported legume rotation-induced cereal growth increases in this region. Crops comprised pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench), maize (Zea mays L.), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp.) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). In groundnut trials t...

In the current context of food security, increase of plant protein production in a sustainable manner represents one of the major challenges of agronomic research, which could be partially resolved by increased cultivation of legume crops. Medicago truncatula is now a well-established model for legume genomic and genetic studies. With the establishment of genomics tools and mutant populations i...

ABSTRACT: Intercropping is the process of planting two or more crops simultaneously in same field order to provide greater ecosystem services (i.e. related sustainable land and water use, climate change mitigation, restoration). In southern Mexico, cereal-legume intercropping a traditional cropping practice that declining overtime. This paper provides literature review potential benefits constr...