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 …

Cover crop (CC) cultivation can improve crop yield, soil and environmental quality. Cover
crops are multifunctional and contribute to soil quality by improving soil physical, chemical …

Multi‐species cover crop mixtures have been increasing in popularity. It has been
hypothesized these mixtures produce more biomass, suppress more weeds, scavenge more …

The water‐limited environment of the semiarid Central Great Plains may not produce
enough cover crop biomass to generate benefits associated with cover crop use in more …

Conservation management practices such as no-tillage and cover crop** can reduce soil
erosion, enhance soil biological activity, increase water capture and storage, and sequester …

Cover crops have the potential to increase ecosystem services of crop** systems,
although mixed results have been found throughout the US Great Plains. Crop performance …

Cover crops can provide several ecosystem services in agricultural crop** systems.
Benefits may be enhanced with increasing cover crop biomass production. In water‐limited …

Cover crop use can help mitigate the deleterious effects of common crop** practices (eg,
tillage) and is, therefore, an important component of soil health maintenance. While known …

Over the past few years, both producers and consumers have become increasingly
interested in organic farming because conventional agriculture relies so heavily on the use …

Informed selection of cover crop species is critical for optimizing their benefits by considering
the costs of adoption and potential initial negative impact on yields against the proven …