[HTML][HTML] Influence of cover crops at the four spheres: A review of ecosystem services, potential barriers, and future directions for North America

LL Van Eerd, I Chahal, Y Peng, JC Awrey - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cover crops have been studied for over a century, but the recognition of a complex
interaction of cover crop on the Earth's biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing soil organic carbon stocks under cover crop**: Insights from long-term agricultural experiments in North America

Y Peng, EL Rieke, I Chahal, CE Norris… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cover crops are widely advocated for increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, thereby
benefiting soil health improvement and climate change mitigation. Few regional-scale …

Soil health indicator responses to three years of cover crop and crop rotation in a northern semi-arid region, the Canadian prairies

Q Wu, Y Lawley, KA Congreves - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing crop diversity via cover crop** is considered a powerful strategy to improve soil
health; thus, a better understanding of the impacts on soil is crucial. In northern semi-arid …

Effect of no-till followed by crop diversification on the soil microbiome in a boreal short cereal rotation

H Fritze, T Tuomivirta, L Orrù, L Canfora… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2024 - Springer
Diversification of agricultural practices, including changes in crop rotation, intercrop** or
cover crop**, influence the soil microbiome. Here the impact of tillage and crop …

Cover crop** enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage crop** systems

P Acharya, R Ghimire, OJ Idowu, MK Shukla - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind and water erosion in arid and semi-arid regions significantly degraded soil, reduced
soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, and exacerbated the impact of climate change on …

Cover crops modulate the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to water supply: A field study in corn

M Tosi, CM Ogilvie, FN Spagnoletti, S Fournier… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cover crops (CCs) were found to improve soil health by increasing plant diversity and
ground cover. They may also improve water supply for cash crops by reducing evaporation …

A perennial living mulch system fosters a more diverse and balanced soil bacterial community

H Li, N Hill, J Wallace - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Cover crops are known to positively impact soil health, both at a physical level (through
erosion control and organic matter enhancement) and at a biological level (by fostering …

Distinct planting patterns exert legacy effects on the networks and assembly of root-associated microbiomes in subsequent crops

K Dang, Y Ma, H Liang, Z Fan, S Guo, Z Li, H Li… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil legacy effects from previous crops can significantly influence plant–soil interactions in
crop rotations. However, the microbial mechanism underlying this effect in subsequent root …

Surface soil sampling underestimates soil carbon and nitrogen storage of long-term cover crop**

Y Peng, LL Van Eerd - Geoderma Regional, 2024 - Elsevier
Cover crop** is a promising management practice for soil health and climate change
mitigation by improving soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) stocks. However …

The story of long-term research sites and soil health in Canadian agriculture

CE Norris, M Gorzelak, M Arcand… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Canada's interest in agricultural lands has changed with time from a desire of crop yields at
Confederation through to discussions in the Senate on adaptation and resilience in 2018 …