Intercrop root phenotyping: toward a novel index of root interaction

by INI | Nov 21, 2023 | News, Update Experimentation

Intercropping has been widely recognized as a valuable means to increase productivity and sustainability in agriculture. A substantial part of plant-to-plant interactions occurs in the underground where roots adopt different strategies, from niche differentiation and...

Short VIDEO RELEASE: soil sampling in Serbia

by INI | Nov 16, 2023 | CICS09, News, Update Experimentation

“The soil is a non-renewable natural resource, and therefore the care of its preservation is the role of everyone”. Looking at soil health, what does soil sampling for scientific research look like? Our team in Serbia, led by the Faculty of Agriculture of...

Pest reduction in horticultural crops, the case study in Spain

by IntercropVALUES | Sep 18, 2023 | CICS08, News, Update Experimentation

INTIA (Institute for Agri-food Technology and Infrastructures of Navarra) participates in the project by developing a case study of co-innovation in horticulture in a farmer’s plot (CICS 08). Involving different agents of the sector, INITIA will also identify...

Germany: first field season ends in Campus Klein-Altendorf

by IntercropVALUES | Aug 17, 2023 | News, Update Experimentation

Fall is rapidly approaching, and a new semester is starting at the University of Bonn. As usual, the summertime was marked by many field activities where colleagues can apply and learn a lot with practice as well as promote team spirit! This year we established the...

Field trips to Zhangye (PR China) to visit one of the intercropping experiments: maize and soybean

by IntercropVALUES | Aug 4, 2023 | News, Update Experimentation

During June and July 2023, Professor Long Li and Dr. Rui-Peng Yu organized two field trips to visit the maize/soybean intercropping experiment in Zhangye, Gansu Province, PR China, which is included as one of the meta-experiments in WP 2 in IntercropVALUES Project....