Root foraging elicits niche complementarity-dependent yield advantage in the ancient 'three sisters' (maize/bean/squash) polyculture

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1719-1733

  Zhang, Chaochun ^a,b   Postma, Johannes A ^b,c   York, Larry M ^b   Lynch, Jonathan P ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bean; Cucurbita; Intercropping; Maize; Niche complementarity; Nitrogen; Phaseolus vulgaris; Phosphorus; Plant nutrition; Polyculture; Root architecture; Root foraging; Squash; Three sisters; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCULTURE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SELECTION; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETABLE;

CUCURBITA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMASS; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHOOT; SQUASH;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCURBITA; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922489667     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu191     Document Type: Article

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