Using mulch from cover crops to facilitate organic no-till soybean and maize production. A review

L Vincent-Caboud, M Casagrande, C David… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
Sustainable crop** systems that balance agricultural productivity and ecological integrity
are urgently needed. Overreliance on soil tillage and herbicides to manage weeds has …

Overview of organic cover crop-based no-tillage technique in Europe: Farmers' practices and research challenges

L Vincent-Caboud, J Peigné, M Casagrande, EM Silva - Agriculture, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cover crop mulch–based no-tillage (MBNT) production is emerging as an innovative
alternative production practice in organic farming (OF) to reduce intensive soil tillage …

Integrated weed management in high density fruit orchards

MJ Mia, F Massetani, G Murri, J Facchi, E Monaci… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the productivity, achieving long-term sustainability and maintaining plant
biodiversity have become the pivotal goals in orchard floor management, especially along …

The cover crop termination choice to designing sustainable crop** systems

M Alonso-Ayuso, JL Gabriel, C Hontoria… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of winter cover crops (CCs) in annual rotations is a tool to increase agroecosystem
sustainability. To optimize their benefits, the choice of how to terminate CCs in spring is …

Effects of different inter-row soil management and intra-row living mulch on spontaneous flora, beneficial insects, and growth of young olive trees in southern Italy

G Las Casas, C Ciaccia, V Iovino, F Ferlito, B Torrisi… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conservation agriculture (ie, minimized soil disturbance and permanent soil covering) and
living mulches represent two agroecological practices that can improve soil fertility …

Innovative living mulch management strategies for organic conservation field vegetables: Evaluation of continuous mowing, flaming, and tillage performances

M Sportelli, C Frasconi, M Fontanelli, M Pirchio… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Organic vegetable production is particularly affected by weed pressure and mechanical
weeding is the major tactic implemented by growers to keep weeds under economic …

Plant and soil N of different winter cover crops as green manure for subsequent organic white cabbage

S Stein, J Hartung, U Perkons, K Möller… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2023 - Springer
Leguminous cover crops used as green manures can reduce fertilizer inputs by supplying
nitrogen (N) via mineralization of incorporated N-rich biomass derived from biological N2 …

EPIC model simulation to assess effective agro-ecological practices for climate change mitigation and adaptation in organic vegetable system

C Di Bene, M Diacono, F Montemurro, E Testani… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Mediterranean agriculture is markedly threatened by climate change and extreme events
(drought and flooding). For the first time, the EPIC model was used in a long-term organic …

Potential carbon sequestration in a Mediterranean organic vegetable crop** system. A model approach for evaluating the effects of compost and Agro-ecological …

R Farina, E Testani, G Campanelli, F Leteo, R Napoli… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic farming relies, for soil fertility management, on proper rotation designs, Agro-
ecological Service Crops (ASCs) and a sound use of on-and off-farm organic inputs. The …

Agro-ecology for potential adaptation of horticultural systems to climate change: Agronomic and energetic performance evaluation

M Diacono, A Persiani, A Fiore, F Montemurro… - Agronomy, 2017 - mdpi.com
Adaptation can be a key factor that will shape the future severity of climate change impacts
on food production. The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of an agro …