Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by improved agricultural practices is an acclaimed strategy to combat climate change. Nevertheless, the aim of increasing of SOC encounters limitations, e.g. with regards to permanence of carbon storage or leakage effects in food production. Agroforestry...
Author(s)
Mayer, S.; Wiesmeier, M.; Sakamoto, E.; Hübner, R.; Cardinael, R.; Kühnel, A.; Kögel-Knabner, I.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021, 323,
Background: Tree-based intercropping (agroforestry) has been advocated to reduce adverse environmental impacts of conventional arable cropping. Modern agroforestry systems in the temperate zone are alley-cropping systems that combine rows of fast-growing trees with rows of arable crops. Soil...
Author(s)
Beule, L.; Karlovsky, P.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2021, 16, 2,
In the newly revised Third Edition of North American Agroforestry, an expert team of researchers delivers an authoritative and insightful exploration of an alternative land-use system that exploits the positive interactions between trees and crops when they are grown together and bridges the gap...
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, USA
Citation
North American agroforestry, 2021, Ed.3, pp 576 pp.
Plant production systems that are more sustainable than conventional monoculture croplands are the vision of future agriculture. With numerous environmental benefits, agroforestry is among the most promising alternatives. Although soil fungi are key drivers of plant productivity and ecosystem...
Author(s)
Beule, L.; Arndt, M.; Karlovsky, P.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Microorganisms, 2021, 9, 3,
Rates of adoption of temperate-region agroforestry remain low, despite multiple benefits. To develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between agroforestry learning and adoption, it is necessary to examine agroforestry educational programming in context. This study represents the first...
Author(s)
Mendelson, S.; Gold, M.; Lovell, S.; Hendrickson, M.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Agroforestry Systems, 2021, 95, 4, pp 601-614
The study was carried out to assess the soil nutrient status in four prominent agroforestry systems viz., home gardens, horti-agriculture, boundary plantation and hortisilvi-pasture in temperate conditions of Kashmir Himalaya. Home garden was the most prominent system being adopted by farmers...
Author(s)
Dar Merajudin; Qaisar, K. N.; Mughal, A. H.; Khan, P. A.; Masoodi, T. H.; Mugloo, J. A.; Shah, I. A.
Publisher
Range Management Society of India, Jhansi, India
Citation
Range Management and Agroforestry, 2020, 41, 2, pp 374-380
The environmental impacts of ruminant livestock farming need to be mitigated to improve the sustainability of food production. These negative impacts have been compounded by the increased spatial and cultural separation of farming and forestry across multiple temperate landscapes and contexts over...
Author(s)
Jordon, M. W.; Willis, K. J.; Harvey, W. J.; Petrokofsky, L.; Petrokofsky, G.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Forests, 2020, 11, 12,
Agroforestry systems (AFSs) are promoted as environmentally friendly and climate-change-resilient cultivation systems with the potential of increasing ecosystem services. Especially under temperate climatic conditions, the implementation in agricultural practice is low so far, inter alia due to the ...
Author(s)
Graß, R.; Malec, S.; Wachendorf, M.
Publisher
MDPI Publishing, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Agronomy, 2020, 10, 11,
In tree-based intercropping systems, roots of trees and crops are interacting and could influence ecosystem services provided by soil microorganisms. Here, the analysis of diversity of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) associated with roots of walnut and maize reveals differences. Of interest, ...
Author(s)
Tuinen, D. van; Tranchand, E.; Hirissou, F.; Wipf, D.; Courty, P. E.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Rhizosphere, 2020, 15,
This study sought to shed light on the political and organizational dynamics favoring the deployment of agroforestry in temperate environments. Development paths of agroforestry practices in Québec (Canada) and France were analyzed regarding five different issues: political status and recognition,...
Author(s)
Hotelier-Rous, N.; Laroche, G.; Durocher, È.; Rivest, D.; Olivier, A.; Liagre, F.; Cogliastro, A.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2020, 12, 17,