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Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties
International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2022 Grasses as well as leguminous and non-leguminous broadleaves are the major categories of commonly grown cover crops worldwide. This review focuses on the contribution of cover crops to soil properties.
Komlan Koudahe +2 more
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Cover crops support the climate change mitigation potential of agroecosystems. [PDF]
PLoS ONECover crops have the potential to mitigate climate change by reducing negative impacts of agriculture on ecosystems. This study is first to quantify the net climate change mitigation impact of cover crops including land-use effects.
Jonas Schön +2 more
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Intercropping Cover Crops for a Vital Ecosystem Service: A Review of the Biocontrol of Insect Pests in Tea Agroecosystems [PDF]
Plants, 2023 The intercropping of cover crops has been adopted in several agroecosystems, including tea agroecosystems, which promotes ecological intensification.
Sabin Saurav Pokharel +4 more
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The Effects of Cover Crops on Multiple Environmental Sustainability Indicators—A Review
Agronomy, 2022 Cover crops have been introduced in European agricultural systems due to their multiple agro-ecological services and environmental benefits, which do not necessarily affect profitability.
Clément Rivière +2 more
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Impact of Cover Crops on Insect Community Dynamics in Organic Farming
Agriculture, 2020 Manipulating cover crops as an integrated pest management strategy has recently gained popularity in both traditional and organic agroecosystems. However, little information is available for producers to make informed decisions about cover crop selection,
Lili Martinez +4 more
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The influence of winter intercrops on the yield and yield components of maize in the subsequent sowing time [PDF]
Zemljište i biljka, 2022 The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cover crops and interactions on yield and yield components of maize in the semi arid conditions. Research was carried out in the production years 2020 at the Rimski Šančevi experimental station of the ...
Vojnov Bojan +6 more
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Farmer perspectives about cover crops by non-adopters
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 The SARE/CTIC national farmer survey has assessed farmer experiences and perceptions about cover crops six times from early 2013 to early 2020. In most years, approximately 2,000 farmers responded to the survey questions, a majority of which were cover ...
Robert L. Myers, Kelly R. Wilson
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Investigating of the Ability of some Cover Crops to Weeds Control [PDF]
Ikufīziyuluzhī-i Giyāhān-i Zirā̒ī, 2021 To investigate the effect of some cover crops incontroling weed, two experiments were conducted during the fall of 2018 at Namin in Ardabil province both with three replications.The first experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design ...
Leyli Nabati Souha +3 more
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Cover crops as a weed seed bank management tool: A soil down review
Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2021 This review explores ways that cover crops alter soil environmental conditions that can be used to decrease seed survival, maintain weed seed dormancy, and reduce germination cues, thus reducing above-ground weed pressures.
Cynthia Sias +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Summer weed species, including Echinochloa colona, are becoming problematic in the eastern grain region of Australia, but cover crops can be useful to suppress weeds during the summer fallow period.
Amar Matloob, Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
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