P for Two, Sharing a Scarce Resource: Soil Phosphorus Acquisition in the Rhizosphere of Intercropped Species

Abstract

Over the last 50 years, the use of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers has increased at a faster rate than global food production, resulting in substantial decreases of N and P efficiency in agriculture ([Fig. 1][1]). Thus, considerable amounts of N and P fertilizers have been wasted in