After a bit of a break, here's a new #benediktspapersoftheweek (week 24, 2026):
Bongers et al. 2025:
Plastic responses for intercrop functioning
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44264-025-00048-2
#plantplasticity #plasticity #ecology #crops #intercropping #mixedcropping
Intercropping systems have large heterogeneity in canopy and soil conditions, which could induce phenotypic plasticity. We review different kinds of observed plasticity and to what extent these influence crop performance and outline the diversity of signals that could occur in intercrops. Studying how plasticity is induced and quantifying the consequences for intercrop performance are relevant to better understand the consequences of mixing species and provides leads for breeding for intercrops.
#benediktspapersoftheweek - week 15, 2026:
Schmidt et al. 2026:
Wheat variety mixtures enhance yield stability and result in pronounced overyielding for certain line combinations
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S116103012500382X
#benediktspapersoftheweek - week 14, 2026:
Joint modeling of social genetic effects in mono- and pluri-specific groups: case study in intercrops
Salomon et al., 2026 (preprint)
#breedingforintercropping #breedingformixedcropping #breedingfordiversity #cropdiversification #breeding
#benediktspapersoftheweek - week 13:
The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms
Mendes et al., 2013
#benediktspapersoftheweek - week 12:
Mixing varieties mitigates early root competition in wheat under water and nutrient limitation
Montazeaud et al., 2025
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/76/14/4171/8121040?guestAccessKey=
#breeding #plantbreeding #roots #diversification #agriculture #science
This will be the last paper of the week for a moment as I will be off work for the remainder of the year. I'll share new weekly articles that interest me with you from January onward again. Happy reading!
Paper of the week - week 44 (this week):
Hartmann et al. 2015
Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming
https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.210
#benediktspapersoftheweek #soilmicrobiome #FarmingPractices #OrganicConventional #OrganicFarming #Biodiversity #SoilManagement
Paper of the week - week 43:
Malosetti et al. 2013
The statistical analysis of multi-environment data: modeling genotype-by-environment interaction and its genetic basis
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2013.00044/full
Paper of the week - week 42:
Bančič et al. 2021
Modeling Illustrates That Genomic Selection Provides New Opportunities for Intercrop Breeding
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.605172/full
#benediktspapersoftheweek #CropDiversification #intercropping #PlantBreeding
Paper of the week - week 41:
Smulders et al., 2025
Resilience through diversity: The potential of modelling species and variety interactions to enhance resilience of production systems
Benedikt Haug
