Wide-strip intercropping of cotton and peanut combined with strip rotation increases crop productivity and economic returns

Cotton/peanut intercropping and their rotation have been widely studied and adopted in many cotton and peanut growing countries including China. However, it is impossible to harvest two crops in the same year under the cotton/peanut rotation. And continuous cropping constraints as indicated by inhibited crop growth and development as well as yield decline remain under continuous cotton/peanut intercropping. We hypothesized that a combination of...