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Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Last updated July 15, 2026

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Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

Imane El Attar

Mohammed V University

Rimsha Asghar

Unknown

Li Yan Pei

Unknown

Mengjie Qiao

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nanqi Wang

Citrus Research Institute

Christiana P. Huss

University of Georgia

Addis Hailu Demo

Haramaya University

Ziyu Yang

Hunan Agricultural University

Zohralyn Homulle

Wageningen University & Research

Shuang‐Guo Zhu

Ministry of Agriculture

Papers

Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification

Nature Communications|2024

170 cit.

Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [124 citations, W4391318850]

Nature Communications|2024

124 cit.

Enhancing crop yield and conserving soil moisture through mulching practices in dryland agriculture

Frontiers in Agronomy|2024

116 cit.

Publication in Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment (2025) [56 citations, W4408596682]

Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment|2025

56 cit.

Soil carbon storage and accessibility drive microbial carbon use efficiency by regulating microbial diversity and key taxa in intercropping ecosystems

Biology and Fertility of Soils|2024

42 cit.

Intercropping-driven effects on soil organic carbon mineralization and its temperature sensitivity are associated with soil C-N-P stoichiometry and carbon-acquiring microorganisms and enzymes

Geoderma|2025

8 cit.

The potential of strip cropping to suppress potato late blight

Field Crops Research|2024

5 cit.

Publication in Cogent Food & Agriculture (2024) [4 citations, W4396769120]

Cogent Food & Agriculture|2024

4 cit.

Disease-suppressive mechanisms in contrasting potato-based strip-cropping systems

European Journal of Plant Pathology|2025

4 cit.

Publication in Ecological Entomology (2024) [W4396859236]

Ecological Entomology|2024

0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Papers

Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties

International Soil and Water Conservation Research|2022

363 cit.

Biochar and organic fertilizer applications enhance soil functional microbial abundance and agroecosystem multifunctionality

Biochar|2024

171 cit.

Intercropping enhances maize growth and nutrient uptake by driving the link between rhizosphere metabolites and microbiomes

New Phytologist|2024

103 cit.

Legume-based rotation enhances subsequent wheat yield and maintains soil carbon storage

Agronomy for Sustainable Development|2023

85 cit.

Intercropping regulation of soil phosphorus composition and microbially-driven dynamics facilitates maize phosphorus uptake and productivity improvement

Field Crops Research|2022

76 cit.

Biochar amendments combined with organic fertilizer improve maize productivity and mitigate nutrient loss by regulating the C–N–P stoichiometry of soil, microbiome, and enzymes

Chemosphere|2023

73 cit.

Coupling amendment of biochar and organic fertilizers increases maize yield and phosphorus uptake by regulating soil phosphatase activity and phosphorus-acquiring microbiota

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|2023

73 cit.

Intercropping regulates plant- and microbe-derived carbon accumulation by influencing soil physicochemical and microbial physiological properties

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|2024

70 cit.

Native Heavy Metal-Tolerant Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Improves Sulla spinosissima (L.) Growth in Post-Mining Contaminated Soils

Microorganisms|2022

69 cit.

Crop rotation-driven changes in rhizosphere metabolite profiles regulate soil microbial diversity and functional capacity

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|2023

61 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Papers

Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

Nature|2013

2.6k cit.

Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009

2.6k cit.

Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

Nature|2014

1.9k cit.

Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis Induced by Visible Light

Annual Review of Plant Physiology|1984

1.8k cit.

Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics’ view

Field Crops Research|2009

1.5k cit.

Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural Development

Science|2009

1.4k cit.

Plant recognition of symbiotic bacteria requires two LysM receptor-like kinases

Nature|2003

1.2k cit.

When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture

Field Crops Research|2012

1.1k cit.

A receptor kinase gene of the LysM type is involved in legumeperception of rhizobial signals

Nature|2003

1k cit.

Diversity enhances agricultural productivity via rhizosphere phosphorus facilitation on phosphorus-deficient soils

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2007

933 cit.

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