Abundant evidences have demonstrated that below-ground feedback mediated by crop diversification is essential for enhancing crop productivity. However, there is a knowledge gap about the mechanism underlying intercropping-driven productivity gain from the perspective of interactive scenarios of root traits and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Herein, a ten-year field experiment was employed to reveal the differences of rhizosphere AMF community and root functional traits between maize monocropping and intercropping systems (maize-peanut, mai...
