The Maize-Soybean Intercropping System: Cultivation, Ecology, Physiology and Breeding
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2024) | Viewed by 534
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crop cultivation; photosynthetic physiology; intercropping; hyperspectral remote sensing; maize/corn; soybean
Interests: intercropping; microbial ecology; plant-soil feedback; root; maize; soybean
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Maize–soybean intercropping is one of the most well-known intercropping systems in the world. The co-growth of the two crops enhances soil nutrient activation, improves resource utilization efficiency, and increases land productivity per unit area. However, variety selection and breeding, field configuration, nutrient management, and disease (pest, weed) control are important factors that affect the yield improvement of intercropping systems. Therefore, it is crucial to develop new cultivation techniques, improve soil conditions, identify novel genetic loci, and manage weeds, pests, and diseases to enhance the productivity and sustainability of maize–soybean intercropping systems.
This Special Issue invites cutting-edge and influential research, reviews, and short technical communication articles on the advances in maize–soybean intercropping systems to examine the complex interactions among agroecosystem components. We particularly welcome multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies in genetics, molecular botany, soil science, and crop science. Research articles must include treatments involving maize–soybean intercropping systems in the field; pot studies are acceptable. Example topics addressed in this issue include, but are not limited to, advances in the following.
- New planting modes for enhancing resource use efficiency and yield potential;
- Breeding shade-tolerant soybean varieties;
- Soybean and maize physiological response mechanism;
- Abiotic and biotic stress management;
- Soil and plant nutrients efficiency;
Prof. Dr. Feng Yang
Dr. Yüze Li
Dr. Yanyan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soybean
- maize
- intercropping
- yield
- resource utilization
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