title: Intercropping - the practical application of diversity, competition and facilitation in arable and organic cropping systems creator: Jensen, Erik Sten creator: Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik creator: Kinane, Julia creator: Andersen, Mette Klindt creator: Jørnsgaard, Bjarne subject: Cereals, pulses and oilseeds subject: Crop combinations and interactions description: Intercropping (IC) is the simultaneous cultivation of more than one crop species on the same piece of land. The IC practice offers many advantages to organic agriculture in terms of resource use, yield stability, weed management, and increased diversification of agroecosystems. Field experiments carried out at two sites in Denmark over three consecutive cropping seasons showed that ICs of cereals and grain legumes gave higher yields, less weeds, lower infection with plant diseases, and higher grain quality compared to corresponding sole crops. date: 2005 type: Conference paper, poster, etc. type: NonPeerReviewed format: source identifier: http://orgprints.org/4219/3/Jensen_etal_4p_revised-ed.doc identifier: Jensen, Erik Sten; Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik; Kinane, Julia; Andersen, Mette Klindt and Jørnsgaard, Bjarne (2005) Intercropping - the practical application of diversity, competition and facilitation in arable and organic cropping systems. Researching Sustainable Systems - International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia, September 21-23, 2005. [ Unpublished, ] relation: http://orgprints.org/4219/