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January 14, 2026Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Intercropping increases soil multifunctionality potentially by increasing the abundance of functional genes: evidence from a long-term field experiment

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XYXiao‐Tong YinCXChuan-Lin XiaoZHZi-Heng Hao

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Long-term field experiment reveals intercropping boosts soil multifunctionality and crop yields, indicating significant benefits for ecosystem functionality.

Key Points

  • To investigate the effects of intercropping on soil multifunctionality and crop yields in a long-term field experiment.
  • Evaluated soil physical structure stability, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycling
  • Conducted in a long-term field experiment with varying phosphorus application rates
  • Compared intercropping systems with monocultures of component crops
  • Intercropping increased crop grain yields by 27.3% and soil multifunctionality by 34.6%
  • Relative abundance of functional genes related to nutrient cycling increased significantly
  • Synergies between soil C and N cycling and structure stability observed

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Yin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6966f5183603a7c209c0e225https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-025-01081-8
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