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Figure 1.
A proposed model of different cropping patterns in agricultural production. (a) Biological basis of a classic intercropping pattern (maize and peanut) in agricultural production. (b) Planting model for improving comprehensive resistance through intercropping of different resistance types within the same species. (c) Field application model of cropping patterns in sugarcane production. (Left panel) Intercropping pattern of sugarcane with nitrogen-fixing and other crops facilitates the co-growth of sugarcane and intercropped plants, while improving canopy light use efficiency, promoting microbial community exchange, maintaining soil water retention, enhancing nitrogen conversion efficiency, and increasing disease resistance. This represents an evolutionary direction for future breeding strategies. (Right panel) A mixed cropping pattern that enhances lodging resistance and improves pest and disease management in sugarcane.
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