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The beneficial effects of crop rotations, especially those involving cereals and legumes, have been recognized by agriculturalists and exploited by farmers for centuries. Besides providing reduced nitrogen compounds, leguminous plants may benefit cereals in crop rotations by: improving soil physical properties; reducing soil erosion; and suppressing weeds, insects and diseases. A rotation system, which has been practised world wide, involves corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Several reports indicated that continuous cropping of corn and soybean results in yields that are depressed below the level obtained when a crop is rotated with other crops (Slife, 1976; Welch, 1977, Welch, 1985; Barber, 1978; Mulvaney and Paul, 1984). The advantage of crop rotation persisted even beyond optimum levels of all management inputs.
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Sarobol, E., Anderson, I.C. (1992). Improving yield of corn—soybean rotation: role of allelopathy. In: Rizvi, S.J.H., Rizvi, V. (eds) Allelopathy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2376-1_7
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