AgroEco

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Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology

Brooker R.W., Bennett A.E., Cong W.-F., Daniell T.J., George T.S., Hallett P.D., Hawes C., Iannetta P.P.M., Jones H.G., Karley A.J., Li L., McKenzie B.M., Pakeman R.J., Paterson E., Schob C., Shen J., Squire G., Watson C.A., Zhang C., Zhang F., Zhang J., White P.J.

Year
2015
Publication
New Phytologist
Type
peer reviewed

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14 AI-consensus-verified claims extracted from this source , across 4 interaction categories.

attracts natural enemy

  • Lamiaceae (family) attracts natural enemy predatory arthropods · effect: beneficial
    “intercropping with aromatic plants decreases herbivore abundance”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495969

biocontrol

  • predatory arthropod community biocontrol herbivorous arthropods of apple · effect: beneficial
    “50-100% increase in predator species richness and abundance relative to herbivorous pests”
    preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495583

facilitation

  • Phaseolus vulgaris facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “legumes can contribute up to 15% of the N in an intercropped cereal”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 110 #6495222

  • Cucurbita spp. facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “Squash acts as groundcover during the early season, reducing competition with early-season weeds and water losses by evaporation”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 109 #6495223

  • Cucurbita spp. facilitation Phaseolus vulgaris · effect: beneficial
    “Squash acts as groundcover during the early season, reducing competition with early-season weeds and water losses by evaporation”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 109 #6495224

  • Arachis hypogaea facilitation Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
    “peanut, cowpea, potato, sweet potato, maize, beans and brassica, secrete organic acids and phosphatases into the rhizosphere”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 110 #6495225

  • Vigna unguiculata facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “peanut, cowpea, potato, sweet potato, maize, beans and brassica, secrete organic acids and phosphatases”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 110 #6495226

  • Brassica spp. facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “brassica, maize, beet and squash, acidify their rhizosphere and secrete organic acids and phosphatases”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 110 #6495227

  • Poaceae (family) facilitation Fabaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
    “cereals and grasses that release phytosiderophores can improve the acquisition of cationic micronutrients”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 110 #6495228

  • Cucurbita spp. facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “Squash acts as groundcover during the early season, reducing competition with early-season weeds”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495579

  • Phaseolus vulgaris facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “legumes can contribute up to 15% of the N in an intercropped cereal”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495580

  • Cucurbita spp. facilitation Phaseolus vulgaris · effect: beneficial
    “the 'three sisters' polyculture of maize, beans and squash”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495581

  • Vicia faba facilitation Triticum aestivum · effect: beneficial
    “secrete organic acids and phosphatases into the rhizosphere, thereby increasing soil P availability”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495582

provides refuge

  • Musa spp. provides refuge Cecidomyiidae (family) · effect: beneficial
    “fivefold increase in the density of banana/plantain clusters intercropped with cocoa”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    #6495970