[HTML][HTML] Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties

K Koudahe, SC Allen, K Djaman - International Soil and Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Climate change, its impact on crop production, challenges, and possible solutions

M Alotaibi - Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2023 - notulaebotanicae.ro
Climate change poses serious threats to agriculture and food security, and extreme weather
events have reduced crop productivity worldwide. Future projections predict that the average …

Soil water improvements with the long-term use of a winter rye cover crop

AD Basche, TC Kaspar, SV Archontoulis… - Agricultural Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Midwestern United States, a region that produces one-third of maize and one-
quarter of soybean grain globally, is projected to experience increasing rainfall variability …

The trouble with cover crops: Farmers' experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption

GE Roesch-McNally, AD Basche… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Cover crops are known to promote many aspects of soil and water quality, yet estimates find
that in 2012 only 2.3% of the total agricultural lands in the Midwestern USA were using cover …

Cover crops and returning residue impact on soil organic carbon, bulk density, penetration resistance, water retention, infiltration, and soybean yield

KS Chalise, S Singh, BR Wegner, S Kumar… - Agronomy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Residue returned increased organic carbon and reduced bulk density compared
to residue not returned. Residue returned increased water retention and infiltration …

Assessing the impacts of cover crops on maize and soybean yield in the US Midwestern agroecosystems

Z Qin, K Guan, W Zhou, B Peng, MB Villamil, Z **… - Field Crops …, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing cover crops is one of the most promising conservation practices with multiple
benefits. However, the impacts of cover crops on the productivity of the maize-soybean [Zea …

Cover crop diversity improves multiple soil properties via altering root architectural traits

M Saleem, ZH Pervaiz, J Contreras, JH Lindenberger… - Rhizosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Cover crops may influence soil health and functioning. However, little is known about the
role of belowground root architectural traits in linking cover crop diversity with rhizosphere …

Modeling long-term corn yield response to nitrogen rate and crop rotation

LA Puntel, JE Sawyer, DW Barker, R Dietzel… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Improved prediction of optimal N fertilizer rates for corn (Zea mays L.) can reduce N losses
and increase profits. We tested the ability of the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator …

The synchrony of cover crop decomposition, enzyme activity, and nitrogen availability in a corn agroecosystem in the Midwest United States

CJ Nevins, C Lacey, S Armstrong - Soil and Tillage Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Cover crop** is commonly associated with increased soil microbial activity and soil health.
Cover crop** in the Upper Mississippi River Basin has increased rapidly in the last …

[HTML][HTML] Delineation of management zones in agricultural fields using cover–crop biomass estimates from PlanetScope data

FM Breunig, LS Galvão, R Dalagnol, CE Dauve… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Several methods have been proposed to delineate management zones in agricultural fields,
which can guide interventions of the farmers to increase crop yield. In this study, we propose …