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Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.    2021, Vol. 8 Issue (4) : 659-661    https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2021418
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INTERCROPPING SUSTAINABLY INCREASES YIELDS AND SOIL FERTILITY
Xiaofei LI1,2,3, Ruipeng YU1, Long LI1()
1. Key Laboratory of Plant and Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Organic Farming, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
3. Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Online First Date: 12 October 2021    Issue Date: 19 November 2021
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Xiaofei LI,Ruipeng YU,Long LI. INTERCROPPING SUSTAINABLY INCREASES YIELDS AND SOIL FERTILITY[J]. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng. , 2021, 8(4): 659-661.
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Fig.1  Intercropping of faba bean and maize (a), wheat and maize (b), wheat and faba bean (c), oilseed rape and maize (d), soybean and maize (e), chickpea and maize (f) practiced by farmers widely in north-west China (Photos credit: Long Li).
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