The role of cover crops in improving soil fertility and plant nutritional status in temperate climates. A review

A Scavo, S Fontanazza, A Restuccia, GR Pesce… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Cover crops (CCs) are a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil
health and crop performances. However, the complex of relationships between CCs, the …

Interactive effects between cover crop management and the environment modulate benefits to cash crop yields: a meta-analysis

B Bourgeois, A Charles, LL Van Eerd… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Several governmental programs have been established throughout Canada to foster
agriculture sustainability. As a best management practice, cover crops (CCs) limit soil …

Examining the effectiveness of catch crops as a nature-based solution to mitigate surface soil and water losses as an environmental regional concern

A Cerdà, I Franch-Pardo, A Novara… - Earth Systems and …, 2022 - Springer
The main goal of this research was to conduct a biophysical, economic, social, and
perception-based approach to foresee the solutions that could be used to mitigate the soil …

Cover crop mixtures increase ecosystem multifunctionality in summer crop rotations with low N fertilization

SB Restovich, AE Andriulo, SI Portela - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Springer
Crop** diversification with cover crop mixtures combined with low N fertilization
represents an ecological alternative that may promote sustainability. Our objective was to …

Cover crop cultivars and species differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem services

KM Wong, M Griffiths, A Moran, A Johnston, AE Liu… - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Cover crops have the potential to aid in adapting agricultural systems
to climate change impacts through their ecosystem services, such as preventing soil erosion …

Soil thermal properties: influence of no-till cover crops

MA Haque, S Ku, SI Haruna - Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Soil thermal properties, which determine heat transport, can influence soil health parameters
and crop productivity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the 2-year effects of no-till …

Cover crops improve soil condition and barley yield in a subtropical highland agroecosystem

S Demissie, DT Meshesha, E Adgo… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2024 - Springer
Soil erosion by water and inappropriate land management practices result in poor
agricultural production in the highlands of Ethiopia. Cover crops (CCs) are a promising …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of cover crops and tillage methods on selected physical and water retention properties of Luvisol

P Gajewski, L Majchrzak… - International …, 2025 - international-agrophysics.org
The study aimed to assess the impact of spreading cover crops and different tillage methods
on specific physical and water retention properties of Luvisol. The experiment analysed the …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating cover crops impacts on soil water and nitrogen dynamics and silage yield in the semi-arid Southwestern United States

A Singh, P Bista, SK Deb, R Ghimire - Agricultural Water Management, 2025 - Elsevier
Efficient water management is critical to sustainable crop production in arid and semi-arid
southwestern United States. A study was designed to evaluate the variations in soil water …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of no-till cover crops on the physical and hydraulic properties of a Paleudult

S Haruna, Z Ward, A Cartwright… - Int …, 2023 - international-agrophysics.org
The influence of a single species cover crop on soil hydraulic properties during one growing
season are well known. However, the influence of multi-year and multi-species cover crops …