A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity

M Abdalla, A Hastings, K Cheng, Q Yue… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops play an increasingly important role in improving soil quality, reducing
agricultural inputs and improving environmental sustainability. The main objectives of this …

[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 …

Recent cover crop adoption is associated with small maize and soybean yield losses in the United States

JM Deines, K Guan, B Lopez, Q Zhou… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops are gaining traction in many agricultural regions, partly driven by increased
public subsidies and by private markets for ecosystem services. These payments are …

Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands

LA Schulte, J Niemi, MJ Helmers, M Liebman… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services from agricultural lands remain
important challenges in the United States despite decades of spending on natural resource …

Advancing intercrop** research and practices in industrialized agricultural landscapes

KA Bybee-Finley, MR Ryan - Agriculture, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sustainable intensification calls for agroecological and adaptive management of the
agrifood system. Here, we focus on intercrop** and how this agroecological practice can …

Against the odds: Network and institutional pathways enabling agricultural diversification

J Blesh, Z Mehrabi, H Wittman, RB Kerr, D James… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Farming systems that support locally diverse agricultural production and high levels of
biodiversity are in rapid decline, despite evidence of their benefits for climate, environmental …

An adoption spectrum for sustainable agriculture practices: A new framework applied to cover crop adoption

G Han, MT Niles - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices is critical for future ecological,
food security, and farmer livelihood goals. Traditionally, the adoption of sustainable …

Assessing long‐term impacts of cover crops on soil organic carbon in the central US Midwestern agroecosystems

Z Qin, K Guan, W Zhou, B Peng, J Tang… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops have been reported as one of the most effective practices to increase soil
organic carbon (SOC) for agroecosystems. Impacts of cover crops on SOC change vary …