Paper (2024): When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests

3 December 2024

Paper (2024): When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests

Published open-access by Elizabeth Pennisi in Science Scientists are teasing out the benefits of intercropping, but getting the right mix of plants is key. For thousands of years, small farmers have practiced milpa, a traditional farming system that dates back to the ancient Maya. This method, which involves intercropping maize, beans, and squash—known as the “Three […]

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