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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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Impact of Cover Crops on the Soil Microbiome of Tree Crops [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2020 Increased concerns associated with interactions between herbicides, inorganic fertilizers, soil nutrient availability, and plant phytotoxicity in perennial tree crop production systems have renewed interest in the use of cover crops in the inter-row ...
Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa +1 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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EDIS, 2019 The article will be a general overview of the benefits of cover crops in citrus, as well as some of the challenges. Cover crops in citrus can improve soil health, which can impact root growth and nutrient uptake of citrus, as well as reduce weed density.
Sarah Strauss +5 more
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AgronomyMaize is one of the most widely grown and used crops in the world. Nowadays, weather anomalies such as drought and sudden heavy rains due to climate change bring up serious challenges to maize production.
Mária Ágnes Fodor +3 more
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Cover Crops for Sustainable Cropping Systems: A Review
Agriculture (Switzerland), 2022 Cover cropping is a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil health and crop performances in agro-ecosystems. Indeed, cover crops (CCs) may regulate several ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, soil fertility, moderation of extreme meteorological events, pollination, and climate and water regulation; in addition, CCs are ...
Silvia Rita Stazi +2 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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