LEADER 04115nam 2200973z- 450 001 9910566482803321 005 20231214133407.0 035 $a(CKB)5680000000037552 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81037 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000037552 100 $a20202205d2022 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProductive and Ecological Aspects of Mixed Cropping System 210 $aBasel$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2022 215 $a1 electronic resource (170 p.) 311 $a3-0365-3895-X 311 $a3-0365-3896-8 330 $aMixed cropping, also known as inter-cropping or co-cultivation, is a plant production system that involves planting two or more species (or cultivars) in the same field in a variable order?row or rowless?simultaneously. Mixed cropping plays an important role in sustainable agriculture by adding value to crop rotations and agroecosystems. Scientific investigations on environmentally friendly mixed cropping should be supported by studies on the direct costs and long-term benefits that are the most relevant to farmers. Meeting the need to strengthen the scientific basis for mixed crops, the papers in this Special Issue enhance our understanding of the following: The selection of species and cultivars for a mixed crop system as well as the choice of agricultural treatments that will secure a stable yield of mixtures; Inter- and intra- species competition of plants in a canopy; Ecological intensification approaches and opportunities for maximizing crop performance and yield in mixtures; The effects of mixed crops on crop rotations; The short- and long-term ecosystem benefits of mixtures; The effects on pests and the biodiversity of agroecosystems provided by mixtures; The economic aspects of adopting the mixtures in farms; The nutritive value of mixtures for livestock; Other topics related to the mixed cropping. 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 610 $abarley 610 $aoats 610 $atriticale 610 $ayield 610 $aleaf area index 610 $aland equivalent ratio 610 $astandard gross margin 610 $abrachiaria 610 $acereal-livestock production 610 $aperception 610 $apush-pull technology 610 $asmallholder farmers 610 $aproximity effect 610 $aborder effect 610 $aneighbor effect 610 $astrip intercropping 610 $alegume 610 $acereals 610 $aHordeum vulgare 610 $aLolium multiflorum 610 $aphosphorus 610 $awater stress 610 $acompetition indices 610 $aplant development stages 610 $aspring cereal mixtures 610 $agrain yield 610 $aprotein yield 610 $ametabolic energy yield 610 $adifferentiations of cereal mixture 610 $asustainable agriculture 610 $amaize 610 $aZea mays L. 610 $abiodiversity 610 $aintercropping 610 $asilage 610 $agrowth 610 $aquality 610 $anon-legume 610 $amixed crop 610 $aherbivores 610 $apest population 610 $anatural enemy 610 $acereal-legume mixture 610 $acommon vetch 610 $acultivar 610 $asoil quality 610 $acereal-legume mixture 610 $aorganic farming 610 $aconventional farming 610 $aleaf greenness index 610 $aseed yield 610 $ayield components 615 7$aResearch & information: general 700 $aWenda-Piesik$b Anna$4edt$01326264 702 $aSynowiec$b Agnieszka$4edt 702 $aWenda-Piesik$b Anna$4oth 702 $aSynowiec$b Agnieszka$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910566482803321 996 $aProductive and Ecological Aspects of Mixed Cropping System$93037232 997 $aUNINA