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Walker et al. (2011) recently summarized for seasonal tactical aspects that there are many sorts of combination used in intercropping layouts or design in the field. There are also a variety of different ways of looking systematically at intercropping systems ∼ either by height or climate zone or reason or purpose for which the crops are grown etc. If one considers that the intercrops are limited to those that are grown in the same field or land at the same time, albeit part of the growing season, then there can still be many different combinations. The crops can be either annuals or perennials (in the latter case the choice is strategical) and they can be of similar or different growth cycles and growth habits
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Walker, S., Ofori, E., Kyei-Baffour, N., Stigter, K. (2010). Problems and Solutions in Using of and Coping with Weather Phenomena in Need of Tactical Decision Making and Challenges Remaining for the Use of Science to Contribute to Problem Analyses and Designing Viable Solutions in This Context: Multiple Cropping. In: Stigter, K. (eds) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74698-0_40
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