Early cotton topping increases peanut yield without sacrificing cotton yield through reducing interspecific competition under intercropping
Junjun Nie, Yanan Li, Zhenhuai Li, Shizhen Xu, Zhengpeng Cui, Lijie Zhan, Dongmei Zhang, Lin Sun, Jianlong Dai, Yanjun Zhang, Hezhong Dong
Topics & Concepts
ToppingShadingCanopyAgronomyIntercroppingPoint of deliveryYield (engineering)Leaf area indexPhotosynthetically active radiationInterspecific competitionBiologyCompetition (biology)MicroclimateCrop yieldField experimentHorticultureEnvironmental scienceMain stemCropPeanut Plant Research StudiesAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant Disease Management Techniques