Designing intercrops for high yield, yield stability and efficient use of resources: Are there principles?

Stomph, T.J.; Dordas, Christos; Baranger, Alain; Rijk, Joshua de; Dong, Bing; Evers, Jochem B.; Gu, Cheng; Li, Long; Šimon, J.; Jensen, Erik Steen; Wang, Qi; Wang, Yuyun; Wang, Zishen; Xu, Huasen; Zhang, Chaochun; Zhang, Lizhen; Zhang, Wei Ping; Bedoussac, Laurent; Werf, Wopke Van der

doi:10.1016/bs.agron.2019.10.002

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“…If considering yield, seed quality and soil fertility, moderate N management for R–R, W–R and O–R cropping systems, respectively, would be the combinations of CR2SR‐CR1, N2SR‐N2SR, and CR2SR‐CR2SR, in which the N practice had better quality and soil fertility. This is in agreement with a previous study, which showed that enhancing crop quality and maintaining soil fertility are usually at the expense of partial yield 64,65 . Thus, CR urea and straw incorporation may be a suitable N management practice for improving the seed quality and maintaining soil fertility, although with a slightly declining yield in the cropping systems.…”

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Impacts of nitrogen practices on yield, grain quality, and nitrogen‐use efficiency of crops and soil fertility in three paddy‐upland cropping systems

LIU

Chen

et al. 2020

J Sci Food Agric

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BACKGROUND Global food security faces a number of challenges due to increasing population, climate change, and urbanization, while excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers has become a major challenge for sustainable, intensive agriculture. Assessing the impact of agronomic management practices on seed yield, grain quality, and soil fertility is a critical step in understanding nutrientuse efficiency. RESULT The comprehensive evaluation index had good fitness to that of single attribute (i.e. seed yield, crop quality and soil fertility), indicating that the comprehensive evaluation index was reliable. Applying controlled‐release urea (rice in wheat and oilseed rape field: 150 kg N ha−1, other crops: 120 kg N ha−1) plus common urea (30 kg N ha−1) incorporating straw from the previous season across the growing season for cereal and oilseed crops showed a slight improvement in seed productivity and Nuse efficiency among three cropping systems in the traditional evaluation method. Compared with local farm practice (applying common urea of 150 kg N ha−1), applying these practices in combination based on the outcome of the comprehensive evaluation index method decreased the seed yield by −1.27 ~ 29.8% but improved quality and soil fertility for the paddy‐upland cropping system, respectively. CONCLUSION Properly managing N application by applying partial and fully controlled release of urea with or without straw incorporation for a specific crop system has the potential to provide a better compromise among yield, grain quality, and soil fertility in southern China. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

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confidence: 92%

Impacts of nitrogen practices on yield, grain quality, and nitrogen‐use efficiency of crops and soil fertility in three paddy‐upland cropping systems

LIU

Chen

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J Sci Food Agric

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“…Furthermore, at the landscape scale, the maintenance of natural and semi-natural habitats around and between agricultural fields positively influences the diversity of beneficial species [ 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. Evidence is building that diversified farming can also have economic benefits by reducing input requirements and increasing or stabilising yields [ 14 , 23 , 24 , 25 ].…”

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“…Previous reviews have synthesized the effects of diversified farming practices on biodiversity outcome metrics [ 21 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Others have summarised the effects on crop yields or yield stability [ 14 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ]. Most of these reviews suggest that higher farm diversity has positive outcomes for biodiversity, yet that outcomes vary with several factors such as crop type, soil and agrochemical management, outcome metric (e.g., abundance, richness) and which taxa are assessed.…”

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The Impact of Diversified Farming Practices on Terrestrial Biodiversity Outcomes and Agricultural Yield Worldwide: A Systematic Review Protocol

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Carmona

Juventia

et al. 2021

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The expansion and intensification of agriculture have led to global declines in biodiversity. This paper presents a systematic review protocol to clarify under what management and landscape contexts diversified farming practices are effective at improving outcomes for terrestrial biodiversity, and potential trade-offs or synergies with agricultural yields. The systematic review will be developed following the Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses (ROSES). The review will include articles that compare levels of diversity (e.g., abundance, richness, Shannon’s diversity index) of any terrestrial taxon (e.g., arthropods, mammals) in diversified farming systems to levels in simplified farming systems and/or natural habitats, prioritising articles that also report agricultural yields. We will search for relevant peer-reviewed primary studies in two global repositories: Scopus and Web of Science, and among primary studies included in previous meta-analyses that are retrieved from the search. Full-texts of identified articles will be screened using a clear inclusion/exclusion eligibility criteria. All included articles will be assessed to determine their internal validity. A narrative synthesis will be performed to summarize, describe and present the results, and where the articles provide sufficient and appropriate data, we will conduct a quantitative meta-analysis.

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“…Different approaches have received attention for controlling orchard pests in a way that results in the reduction in the overall amount of insecticide applied in this agro system and moves towards a more sustainable agriculture. Among all these approaches, the following can be included: Cultural control practices, like the intercropping, which is the simultaneous cultivation of plant species in same orchard for a considerable proportion of their growing periods [ 6 ] to increase overall crop productivity and profitability, improve pest and disease management, and gain better efficiency in the use of nutrient, water, and light resources [ 7 ]. Induced plant resistance: A defense system within plants which allows them to resist attacks from pests such as fungal or bacterial pathogens or insects.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Cultural control practices, like the intercropping, which is the simultaneous cultivation of plant species in same orchard for a considerable proportion of their growing periods [ 6 ] to increase overall crop productivity and profitability, improve pest and disease management, and gain better efficiency in the use of nutrient, water, and light resources [ 7 ].…”

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Sustainable Management Methods of Orchard Insect Pests

Hernández‐Suárez

Beitia

2021

Insects

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Designing intercrops for high yield, yield stability and efficient use of resources: Are there principles?

Cited by 131 publications

References 157 publications

Impacts of nitrogen practices on yield, grain quality, and nitrogen‐use efficiency of crops and soil fertility in three paddy‐upland cropping systems

Impacts of nitrogen practices on yield, grain quality, and nitrogen‐use efficiency of crops and soil fertility in three paddy‐upland cropping systems

The Impact of Diversified Farming Practices on Terrestrial Biodiversity Outcomes and Agricultural Yield Worldwide: A Systematic Review Protocol

Sustainable Management Methods of Orchard Insect Pests

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