supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0200107, 2016YFE0101100 and 2017YFD0200207);the National Basic Research Prgram of China (973 Program) (2015CB150400)
Smallholders in developing countries commonly use intercropping to produce crops with higher yield and value. Many intercropping studies have been conducted under experimental conditions, but few studies have been per...
funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB100401)
Creating a crop-heterogeneous system by intraspecific mixtures of different rice varieties can substantially reduce blast diseases. Such variety mixtures provide an ecological approach for effective disease control, m...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30890133);the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB100405);China Agricultural University Specialized Research Fund to Support Ph.D. Candidates Innovative and Independent Scientific Subject(KYCX2010075)
Most research on micronutrients in maize has focused on maize grown as a monocrop. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of intercropping on the concentrations of micronutrients in maize grain and their a...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31121062 and 31071852);the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB11860);the Special Fund for the Agricultural Profession (Grant No. 201103003)
Interspecific root/rhizosphere interactions affect phosphorus (P) uptake and the productivity of maize/faba bean and maize/wheat intercropping systems. The aim of these experiments was to determine whether manipulatio...
supported by the National Basic Research Program (2011CB100400)
Intercropping can improve field microclimates, decrease the incidence of crop diseases, and increase crop yields, but the reasons for this remain unknown. Solar radiation is the most important environmental influence....
supported by the National 973 Programof China (2007CB109304)
The effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) on plant growth and nutrition utilization in upland rice and mungbean intercropping system was studied. A pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse and AMF coloni...
the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation (NKBRSF) of China (No.G2000018603);and the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China (No.2002AA2Z4191).
A field experiment was conducted during the 2002/2003 cropping season of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and spring maize (Zea mays) to evaluate the effect of limited single drip irrigation on the yield and water...