[HTML][HTML] Cover crops for sustainable crop** systems: a review

V Quintarelli, E Radicetti, E Allevato, SR Stazi… - Agriculture, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Cover crop** is a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil health
and crop performances in agro-ecosystems. Indeed, cover crops (CCs) may regulate several …

[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 …

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 …

Do diverse cover crop mixtures perform better than monocultures? A systematic review

AM Florence, AM McGuire - Agronomy Journal, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐species cover crop mixtures have been increasing in popularity. It has been
hypothesized these mixtures produce more biomass, suppress more weeds, scavenge more …

[HTML][HTML] Legume cover crops as one of the elements of strategic weed management and soil quality improvement. A review

A Kocira, M Staniak, M Tomaszewska, R Kornas… - Agriculture, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The benefits of conservation practices increased the interest of farmers in the cultivation of
cover crops (CCs). This review aims to present and analyze the state of the art on the …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of multi-species mixtures to diversify cover crop benefits

T Chapagain, EA Lee, MN Raizada - Sustainability, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Cover crops provide a range of well-documented benefits to growers and the environment.
However, no single species can deliver all of these benefits, and hence planting mixtures is …

What we talk about when we talk about soil health

RD Stewart, J Jian, AJ Gyawali… - Agricultural & …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Despite nationwide emphasis on soil health in the USA, current measurements
lack consistency. A meta‐analysis showed 8 of 42 soil health indicators reported> 20% of …

Soil organic carbon and aggregation in response to thirty-nine years of tillage management in the southeastern US

S Singh, A Nouri, S Singh, S Anapalli, J Lee… - Soil and Tillage …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Agricultural management practices control soil organic carbon (SOC) content in croplands.
Long-term crop** system experiments offer a great opportunity to understand the …

No-tillage and crop rotation increase crop yields and nitrogen stocks in sandy soils under agroclimatic risk

PCG da Silva, CS Tiritan, FR Echer… - Field Crops …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Agricultural production is challenging in environments with climatic instability, high
temperatures, and water deficits, particularly in sandy soils. The use of no-tillage, crop …

Response of soil organic matter to cover crop** in water-limited environments

VR Thapa, R Ghimire, D VanLeeuwen… - Geoderma, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Cover crops are promoted to improve soil health and soil carbon (C) sequestration in
agroecosystems, yet responses of various soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) …