The potential of cover crops for weed management: a sole tool or component of an integrated weed management system?

M Fernando, A Shrestha - Plants, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Cover crops are an important component of integrated weed management programs in
annual and perennial crop** systems because of their weed suppressive abilities. They …

Non-chemical weed management: Which crop functions and traits to improve through breeding?

P Debaeke, R Perronne, N Colbach, D Moreau… - Crop protection, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The agro-ecological transition aims at reducing the anthropogenic impacts of crop
production on the environment, for instance by decreasing drastically the applications of …

Carry-over effects of cover crops on weeds and crop productivity in no-till systems

A Rouge, G Adeux, H Busset, R Hugard, J Martin… - Field Crops …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The carry-over effect of cover crops on weeds and crop productivity in the subsequent crops
has been related to cover crop composition and cover crop termination methods but their …

Weed suppression in cover crop mixtures under contrasted levels of resource availability

A Rouge, G Adeux, H Busset, R Hugard, J Martin… - European Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Cover crop (CC) mixtures appear as a promising agroecological tool for weed management.
Although CC supress weed growth by competing for resources, their suppressive effect …

[HTML][HTML] Cereal rye cover crop termination at or before soybean planting has minimal effect on soybean yield across the midwestern US

TS Silva, S Mourtzinis, AJ McMechan, GI Carmona… - Field Crops …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Context Interest is growing among farmers in the Midwestern US region in the potential
benefits of establishing cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) as a cover crop. However, they are …

Long-term cover crop** in tillage-based systems filters weed community phenology: A seedbank analysis

G Adeux, A Rodriguez, C Penato, D Antichi… - Field Crops …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Context Little is known about the long-term contribution of cover crops to weed management
in tillage-and herbicide-based systems. Research questions Do cover crops mainly filter …

Weed control and community composition in living mulch systems

AS Westbrook, V Bhaskar, A DiTommaso - Weed Research, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
A living mulch is a cover crop grown during the growing season of a main (cash) crop. Living
mulches may reduce soil erosion and nitrate leaching more effectively than bare ground or …

Crop‐and weather‐dependent yield and wind erosion benefits from a conservation practices system

DA Scott, MA Liebig, NZ Saliendra… - Soil Science Society …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wind erosion and variable weather challenge crop production in the northern Great Plains.
Management that increases residue cover might mitigate wind erosion during the cash crop …

Examining the Percent Canopy Cover and Health of Winter Wheat in No-Till and Conventional Tillage Plots Using a Drone

CE Akumu, JN Oppong, S Dennis - Agriculture, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The percent canopy cover and health of winter wheat are important crop performance
indicators. Thus, understanding how tillage management practices affect these indicators is …

Identifying research priorities through decision analysis: A case study for cover crops

GA Nichols, CA MacKenzie - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Introduction In Midwestern maize (Zea-mays L.)-based systems, planting an over-wintering
cover crop such as rye (Secale cereale L.) following fall harvests of summer crops maintains …