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Assessment of Cover Crop Management Strategies in Nebraska, US

open access: yesAgriculture, 2019
Adoption of cover crops has the potential to increase agricultural sustainability in the US and beyond. In 2017, a survey was conducted with Nebraska stakeholders in an attempt to evaluate current cover crop management strategies adopted in soybean ...
Maxwel C. Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Cover Crop on Carbon Distribution in Size and Density Separated Soil Aggregates

open access: yesSoil Systems, 2020
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils can contribute to stabilizing or even lowering atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations.
Michael V. Schaefer   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

UTILIZING LANDSAT AND SENTINEL-2 TO REMOTELY MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF WINTER COVER CROPS THROUGHOUT MARYLAND [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Winter cover crops have been shown to limit erosion and nutrient runoff from agricultural land. To promote their usage, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) subsidizes farmers who plant cover crops.
J. Peredo   +16 more
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Cover Crop Management Practices Rather Than Composition of Cover Crop Mixtures Affect Bacterial Communities in No-Till Agroecosystems

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Cover cropping plays a key role in the maintenance of arable soil health and the enhancement of agroecosystem services. However, our understanding of how cover crop management impacts soil microbial communities and how these interactions might affect ...
Sana Romdhane   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grazing of cover crops in integrated crop-livestock systems

open access: yesAnimal, 2021
Conventional agriculture is specializing rapidly into the management of few monoculture crops, threatening crop diversity and questioning the sustainability of extensive cropping systems. The grazing of cover crops in integrated crop-livestock systems could be a feasible biologically based technology to restore crop diversity and mitigate ecological ...
A. Planisich   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Management of Nematodes with Cowpea Cover Crops

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
Cover crops are grown between cash crop cycles, or intercropped with cash crops to cover the ground, such as in vegetable fields, orchards, groves, and agricultural sites.
Zane Joseph Grabau, Esteban Rios
doaj   +3 more sources

Effects of Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn and Soybean on Biomass Production, Grain Yields and Ecosystem Services: A Review

open access: yesAgronomy
Planting cover crops can improve soil health and help to sustain agricultural crop yields. In northern climates where corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.) are grown, cover crop biomass production can be low.
Hans W. Klopp
doaj   +1 more source

Management of Cover Crop Intercropping for Live Mulch on Plant Productivity and Growth Resources: A Review

open access: yesAir, Soil and Water Research, 2023
Cover crops are a valuable tool for improving resources use, soil health, and productivity. However, the effects of intercropping cover crops as live mulches with cash crops can vary depending on the species, management practices, and environmental ...
Admire R. Dzvene   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil bacterial community response to cover crop introduction in a wheat-based dryland cropping system

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
The incorporation of cover crops into cropping systems is important for enhancing soil health in agricultural systems. Soil microbes contribute to soil health by supplying key nutrients and providing protection against plant pests, diseases, and abiotic ...
Jed O. Eberly   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Weed Control with Cover Crops in Irrigated Potatoes

open access: yesAgronomy, 2016
Field experiments at Oakes, ND, USA in 2010 and Carrington, ND, USA in 2011 were conducted to evaluate the potential for cover crops grown in the Northern Great Plains, USA in order to reduce weed emergence and density in irrigated potatoes.
G.H. Mehring   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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