: Research in this volume highlighted the potential of winter cereal/legume intercropping (such as barley with white lupin) to enhance forage yield and quality under organic farming regulations. Intercropping was shown to increase forage yield by 72% and crude protein concentration by compared to sole cereal crops.
: There is a growing emphasis on a "conceptual framework" for land-use intensity, integrating input-output relationships with system-level impacts like carbon storage and biodiversity. Agron 2006 Free
: New tools were introduced for calculating the soil surface nitrogen balance at a regional scale. This was designed to help policymakers and farmers evaluate the sustainability of management practices and identify positive environmental externalities. The Evolution of Agronomic Research : Research in this volume highlighted the potential
: Current studies focus heavily on Abiotic Stress , such as how combined heat and drought affect grain storage protein composition and crop yields. : New tools were introduced for calculating the