Relay cropping as a sustainable approach: problems and opportunities for sustainable crop production

doi:10.1007/s11356-017-8371-4

Review

. 2017 Mar;24(8):6973-6988.

doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8371-4. Epub 2017 Jan 13.

Relay cropping as a sustainable approach: problems and opportunities for sustainable crop production

Mohsin Tanveer^{1

2}, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum³, Saddam Hussain³, Artemi Cerdà^{4

5}, Umair Ashraf⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. mohsin.tanveer@utas.edu.au.
² Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. mohsin.tanveer@utas.edu.au.
³ Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, University of València, València, Spain.
⁵ Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Crop Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 28083744
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8371-4

Review

Relay cropping as a sustainable approach: problems and opportunities for sustainable crop production

Mohsin Tanveer et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;24(8):6973-6988.

doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8371-4. Epub 2017 Jan 13.

Authors

Mohsin Tanveer^{1

2}, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum³, Saddam Hussain³, Artemi Cerdà^{4

5}, Umair Ashraf⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. mohsin.tanveer@utas.edu.au.
² Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan. mohsin.tanveer@utas.edu.au.
³ Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, University of València, València, Spain.
⁵ Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Crop Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 28083744
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8371-4

Abstract

Climate change, soil degradation, and depletion of natural resources are becoming the most prominent challenges for crop productivity and environmental sustainability in modern agriculture. In the scenario of conventional farming system, limited chances are available to cope with these issues. Relay cropping is a method of multiple cropping where one crop is seeded into standing second crop well before harvesting of second crop. Relay cropping may solve a number of conflicts such as inefficient use of available resources, controversies in sowing time, fertilizer application, and soil degradation. Relay cropping is a complex suite of different resource-efficient technologies, which possesses the capability to improve soil quality, to increase net return, to increase land equivalent ratio, and to control the weeds and pest infestation. The current review emphasized relay cropping as a tool for crop diversification and environmental sustainability with special focus on soil. Briefly, benefits, constraints, and opportunities of relay cropping keeping the goals of higher crop productivity and sustainability have also been discussed in this review. The research and knowledge gap in relay cropping was also highlighted in order to guide the further studies in future.

Keywords: Crop productivity; Environmental sustainability; Intercropping; Resource use efficiency; Soil health.

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