Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human
population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management …

Red clover cultivation made significant contributions to soil fertility prior to the introduction of
mineral nitrogen fertilizers. Its modern usage lies primarily in forage production, but …

Cover crops increase carbon (C) inputs to agricultural soils, and thus have the potential to
mitigate climate change through enhanced soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. However, few …

It is crucial to promote soil carbon sequestration while reducing CO 2 emissions to mitigate
climate change. However, the extent of increasing actual soil carbon storage depends on …

The assembly of root-associated microbes during the seedling stage has strong impact on
subsequent performance of crops. Major factors influencing this assembly are crop species …

Ecological intensification is crucial for arable organic farmers, in order to partly close the
yield gap to conventional yields. One strategy for this is improved management of cover …

Catch crops increase plant species richness in crop rotations, but are most often grown as
pure stands. Here, we investigate the impacts of increasing plant diversity in catch crop …

Legume-based cover crops (CC) provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including
nitrate leaching reduction, nitrogen (N) fertilization and soil carbon (C) sequestration …

Cover crop (CC) mixtures including both legume and non-legume species have the potential
to reduce nitrate leaching and increase N availability in the system through biological N 2 …

Background and aims Vegetable production under the plastic tunnel is a steadily growing
sector worldwide, but this type of cultivation threatens environmental sustainability by …