Intercropping creates a living web of soil-building and nutrient-exchange underground. When legumes fix nitrogen, root ...

CRISPR technique boosts nitrogen fixation in beans, reduces fertilizer use, and supports sustainable farming for a better ...

However, counting on your harvest in advance could lead to disappointment as you can never be sure how a crop will fare with pests or weather. A planting method, known as companion planting or ...

The solution to this conundrum is the gardening technique known as succession planting. Here, plants are timed to have ...

“The cool part about intercropping is not only are you farming the sunlight and getting more expression and kernel depth, but you also have a plant and a crop system that can cool down so heat ...

The analysis shows that strip cropping and mixed cropping ("intercropping") indeed offer advantages, but also raise new concerns. Growing different crops together changes the dynamics in the field.

Jean Hugo, a post-graduate student at the Tshwane University of Technology, and Leon Hugo, author on environmental matters ...

Tomatoes are one of the most important vegetable crops in the world, but they are susceptible to a wide range of disease-causing pathogens that reduce the yield and quality of this crop. This large ...

By using pulses for intercropping and cover crops, farmers can also promote farm biodiversity and soil biodiversity, while keeping harmful pests and diseases at bay. Furthermore, pulses can ...

There has been evidence since at least the 1800s that weed incidence varies with crop rotation. An extensive literature survey of over 200 references indicated that weed number, biomass and seed ...