Review of Researches on Advantages of Intercropping

Xiang-qian Zhang, Guo-qin Huang, Xin-min Bian, Xue-hai Jiang and Qiguo Zhao

Asian Agricultural Research, 2012, vol. 04, issue 12, 7

Abstract: Intercropping is a very effective cultivation method in the agricultural production with a long history. The use of intercropping to build a niche complementary crop community can not only enhance the stability of farmland ecosystem and the resistance of crop community to environmental stress but also reduce the damage of diseases, insect pests, environmental pollution and improve the efficiency of resource use to finally achieve high and stable yield of crop community. By collecting the intercropping researches at home and abroad, this thesis describes the impact of intercropping on crop nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transfer, accumulation and distribution of soil nitrate nitrogen, soil microorganism, crop diseases and insect pests, ventilation and light transmission, quality, yield and nutrient absorption, draws a conclusion on intercropping advantages and points out the sections requiring further study in the future.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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