ReviewAnnals of botany2016
Crop acquisition of phosphorus, iron and zinc from soil in cereal/legume intercropping systems: a critical review.
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- Can cereal-legume intercrop systems contribute to household nutrition in semi-arid environments: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Integrated iron foliar application and phosphorus fertilization enhance yield and nutrient dynamics of mung bean in calcareous soils.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Rotational strip peanut/cereal intercropping systems improve soil quality and crop yields in aeolian sandy soil.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Enhancing Nutrient Composition and Bioavailability in Common Beans Using Combined Zinc and Iron Fertilizers.Recent advances in food, nutrition & agriculture · 2026Article
- Foxtail millet genotypic variation and legume species selection in enhancing grain quality and resource efficiency in a dryland intercropping system.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Sustainability of Animal Production Chains: Alternative Protein Sources as an Ecological Driver in Animal Feeding: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
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- Optimization of water and fertilizer management on the intercropping system between maize and mung bean to improve photosynthetic characteristics & water use and to increase plant yield.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Root enhancement improves rhizosphere nutrient availability and promotes growth in flue-cured tobacco.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Effects of Intercropped Insectary Plants (Sweet Alyssum, Coriander, and White Mustard) on Elemental Composition and Antioxidant Levels in Broad Bean Plants.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Maize/soybean intercropping increases nutrient uptake, crop yield and modifies soil physio-chemical characteristics and enzymatic activities in the subtropical humid region based in Southwest China.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations' Health.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Understanding the Mechanisms of Fe Deficiency in the Rhizosphere to Promote Plant Resilience.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Biofortification of common bean (Food and energy security · 2023Review
- Potential effect of key soil bacterial taxa on the increase of rice yield under milk vetch rotation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Common millet and soybean intercropping with bio-fertilizer as sustainable practice for managing grain yield and quality.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Evidence that a common arbuscular mycorrhizal network alleviates phosphate shortage in interconnected walnut sapling and maize plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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- Biological nitrogen fixation and prospects for ecological intensification in cereal-based cropping systems.Field crops research · 2022Review
- Alterations of Primary Metabolites in Root Exudates of Intercropped Cajanus cajan-Zea mays Modulate the Adaptation and Proteome of Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) fredii NGR234.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPhosphorus (P), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are essential elements for plant growth and development, but their availability in soil is often limited. Intercropping contributes to increased P, Fe and Zn uptake and thereby increases yield and improves grain nutritional quality and ultimately human health. A better understanding of how intercropping leads to increased plant P, Fe and Zn availability will help to improve P-fertilizer-use efficiency and agronomic Fe and Zn biofortification. SCOPE: This review synthesizes the literature on how intercropping of legumes with cereals increases acquisition of P, Fe and Zn from soil and recapitulates what is known about root-to-shoot nutrient translocation, plant-internal nutrient remobilization and allocation to grains.
conclusionsDirect interspecific facilitation in intercropping involves below-ground processes in which cereals increase Fe and Zn bioavailability while companion legumes benefit. This has been demonstrated and verified using isotopic nutrient tracing and molecular analysis. The same methodological approaches and field studies should be used to explore direct interspecific P facilitation. Both niche complementarity and interspecific facilitation contribute to increased P acquisition in intercropping. Niche complementarity may also contribute to increased Fe and Zn acquisition, an aspect poorly understood. Interspecific mobilization and uptake facilitation of sparingly soluble P, Fe and Zn from soil, however, are not the only determinants of the concentrations of P, Fe and Zn in grains. Grain yield and nutrient translocation from roots to shoots further influence the concentrations of these nutrients in grains.
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