Plant ecology in agricultural systems
With this page we'd like to share the work we are doing in the area of plant ecology, focusing on plant-plant interactions.
22/04/2024
Las plantas de cultivos se adaptan entre ellas para mejorar su productividad - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Este es el principal resultado de un estudio realizado por el área de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la URJC, junto con la ETH Zúrich. En este trabajo, el equipo científico ha observado cómo los cultivos se adaptan y evolucionan en función de la comunidad de plantas que crecen a su alrededor....
10/11/2022
Las plantas rinden mejor si se cultivan de manera conjunta - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Este es uno de los principales resultados de un estudio realizado por la URJC en colaboración con la Escuela Politécnica Federal de Zúrich (ETH Zúrich). Este trabajo podría tener importantes implicaciones para la agricultura diversificada, ya que demuestra el potencial de variedades específica...
21/04/2022
28/06/2021
The yield benefits of intercropping can be large, but could be even larger Cultivating a higher number of crops simultaneously in a plot increased seed yield significantly, but less so than vegetative biomass. The reduced resource allocation to seeds in more diverse crop plant communities might be due to the domestication and breeding of crops for use in monocultures.
In the third episode of videos produced in the EU project DIVERSify our film team addressed the question how knowledge can be generated by scientists and transferred to all the different stakeholders involved in crop production, such as machine engineers or farmers.
https://www.facebook.com/PlantTeams/videos/1694965550680039/
30/11/2020
Crop diversity = higher yields!
New ETH Zürich study suggests why-- the changing soil microbial composition, highlighting potential beneficial role of soil microbial communities in intercropping systems.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.27.401224v1
Swiss National Science Foundation - SNF funded project with ETH Zürich Christian Schöb, Johan Six
Look at this first of a number of videos produced within the EU project DIVERSify. This video demonstrates the benefits of intercropping and agricultural diversification in general for ecosystem services.
Look into this episode of the DIVERSify Web series to learn more about the benefits of to agroecosystem services
Watch the trailer of our EU H2020 project DIVERSify on crop diversification for sustainability. More episodes about different aspects treated in the project are to come soon. Stay tuned and follow the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1332316347153438