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jebus989 | 3 years ago

These are indeed links but quite random ones. Mostly they are reporting that growing two things together in a field can give higher yields than growing a single thing. None seem to be related to GMOs, which could obviously also be grown with complimentary species to increase yield.

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animal_spirits|3 years ago

Correct, these are papers on monocultures vs non monocultures. But GMOs are inclined to be grown in monocultures.

jebus989|3 years ago

All crops are inclined to be grown in monocultures. That's because even if you'd get more yield pairing with other species — as in these studies — pragmatically the time and cost of sowing, harvesting and separating multiple species outweighs the theoretical yield gain per unit area of a monocrop.