“…This observation indicates that, besides other cultivation conditions, the choice of intercropped species might affect productivity, and optimize the use of all production factors of the environment, benefiting all species under cultivation (MAIA et al, 2008). For example, given that the initial growth of lettuce is slower in the first 30 DAT, there was no competition with the development of marigold plants, which favored the initial development of the medicinal species and the production of flowers.…”