prevents the build up of disease. if you integrate legumes and a non growing season you also enable the soil to "recharge"
Stefan Seiter has written: 'Intercropping trees in a vegetable production systems' -- subject(s): Intercropping
in india
Faye Frances Benedict has written: 'Structure, function, and stability of intercropping systems in Tanzania' -- subject(s): Intercropping, Agriculture
intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in proximity.
Intercropping represents wise land management since it allows the growth of different crops in the same piece of land. This results into greater yield that is produce from the same land.
intercropping
Cultivating two or more crops at the same time in the same land area.
There is a competition between the plants for light,water and soil nutrients and the harvesting of one crop component can damage the others.
Three common types of cropping patterns are : 1) Mixed cropping 2) Intercropping 3) Crop rotation
John H. Vandermeer has written: 'The ecology of intercropping' -- subject(s): Agricultural ecology, Intercropping 'The ecology of agroecosystems' -- subject(s): Food, Soil chemistry, Moral and ethical aspects, Quality, Agricultural ecology 'Ecological resources in New York State's colleges and universities' -- subject(s): Directories, Ecologists, Ecology, Study and teaching (Higher)
Donald L. Plucknett has written: 'Managing pastures and cattle under coconuts' -- subject(s): Cattle, Coconut palm, Intercropping, Pastures, Tropics
The intercropping practice involves sowing different species (two or more) in one terrain with no distinct arrangement in rows or in the same rows. In this case, the time to sow and harvest coincide