http://orgprints.org/4219/ Intercropping - the practical application of diversity, competition and facilitation in arable and organic cropping systems Jensen, Erik Sten Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik Kinane, Julia Andersen, Mette Klindt Jørnsgaard, Bjarne Cereals, pulses and oilseeds Crop combinations and interactions 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. 2005 Conference paper, poster, etc. NonPeerReviewed source http://orgprints.org/4219/3/Jensen_etal_4p_revised-ed.doc 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 [ Unpublished, ] http://orgprints.org/4219/http://orgprints.org/4219/3/