“…Intercropping of two or more plant species increases primary production due to optimization in the use of the available abiotic resources (Cardinale, 2011;Cruz et al, 2002;Lange et al, 2015). In addition, in the intercropping usually plants present oscillations in the specific dry weight (g cm -1 ) of each botanical component, and can influence the nutritional value (Cruvinel et al, 2017;Tambara et al, 2017;Epifanio et al, 2019), because there is a reduction in fiber and lignin deposition Research, Society and Development, v. 9, n. 4, e46942818, 2020(CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i4.2818 in sclerenchyma cells, so cells have less thick walls (Deinum et al, 1996); increasing the bioavailability of compounds with higher nutritional value.…”