[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Effect of climate change on agricultural crops

RK Mall, A Gupta, G Sonkar - Current developments in biotechnology and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Crop production is vulnerable to climate variability, and climate change associated with
increases in temperature, increases in CO 2, and changing patterns of rainfall may lead to a …

Soil organic matter as catalyst of crop resource capture

AE King, GA Ali, AW Gillespie… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
The positive effect of soil organic matter (SOM) on crop yield has historically been attributed
to the ability of SOM to supply crops with nitrogen and water. Whether management-induced …