Cai Zhao

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that RDI is largely implemented through three approaches: (1) growth stage-based deficit irrigation, (2) partial root-zone irrigation, and (3) subsurface dripper irrigation.

TL;DR: Significant positive correlations were found among the interspecific competition, N2 fixation, and grain yield, clearly showing that improved coordination of inter specific competition can boost system productivity in maize/pea strip intercropping.

TL;DR: The characteristics and mechanisms of water utilization and interspecies relationships in intercropping are reviewed in this paper, where the main regulation approaches for efficient water utilization are based on interspecific competition and complementarity, including crop species, irrigation and fertilization regimes, plant density, spatial arrangement, tillage and mulching practices and environmental factors.

TL;DR: In this article, three farming practices that have proven to be essential and successful, which were: (a) crop intensification through strip intercropping, (b) water harvesting through conservation tillage; and (c) carbon sequestration through improved crop residue management options, were integrated in one cropping system.

TL;DR: It is concluded that wheat-maize intensification with the double mulching system can be used as an effective farming model in alleviating water shortage issues experiencing in water shortage areas.