Yield Improvement by Intercropping-Viewed from a Niche Perspective

ZHANG Shao-bin; LIANG Kai-ming; GUO Jing; LUO Hao

doi:10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2016.09.020

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ZHANG Shao-bin, LIANG Kai-ming, GUO Jing, LUO Hao. Yield Improvement by Intercropping-Viewed from a Niche Perspective[J]. Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016, 31(9): 1005-1010. doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2016.09.020

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ZHANG Shao-bin, LIANG Kai-ming, GUO Jing, LUO Hao. Yield Improvement by Intercropping-Viewed from a Niche Perspective[J]. Fujian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016, 31(9): 1005-1010. doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2016.09.020

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Yield Improvement by Intercropping-Viewed from a Niche Perspective

doi: 10.19303/j.issn.1008-0384.2016.09.020

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Department of Ecology, College of Agriculture, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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The Rice Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology for Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China

Received Date: 2016-03-12
Rev Recd Date: 2016-05-14
Publish Date: 2016-09-28

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Intensive farming has significantly contributed to the improvement on the global food production and security. However, ecologically, the uniformity in genetics and plant variety as well as the high demand on resources, which is characteristic to the practice,invariably restricts utilization of the crops and rejuvenation capacity of the nature. Compared with monoculture, appropriate intercropping can generally improve crop yield with reduced inputs. And, at the same time, make full use of the available resources, time, space, and nutrients on farmlands. Furthermore, intercropping can also minimize environmental pollution by eliminating or reducing the use of agrochemicals. Since all plants have their natural niches, the morphological and physiological differences among them oftentimes permit capitalization of a wide range of advantages through mutual compensations. Unfortunately, the information in regard to the eco-niche on intercropping is rather scant. Therefore, this article reviews the relevent literature published domestically and internationally with an attempt to bring attention to agriculture scientists for in increased effort in this field of study. Recent advances on yield-improvement by intercropping from the aspects of spatial, nutritional, and temporal niches are discussed. Several proposed directions for future research, such as ecological niche, interspecies relationship, and resource utilization,are included.
- niche,
- intercropping,
- yield advantage,
- resource utilization

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