The maintenance of soil health in agro-ecosystems is essential for sustaining agricultural
productivity. Through its positive impacts on various soil physical and biological processes …

Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and
biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem services such as pedogenesis …

Cover crops (CCs) can provide multiple soil, agricultural production, and environmental
benefits. However, a better understanding of such potential ecosystem services is needed …

Cover crops are well recognized as a tool to reduce NO3− leaching from agroecosystems.
However, their effectiveness varies from site to site and year to year depending on soil, cash …

In the quest for sustainable intensification of crop production, we discuss the option of
extending the root depth of crops to increase the volume of soil exploited by their root …

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 …

Background The soil represents a reservoir that contains at least twice as much carbon as
does the atmosphere, yet (apart from 'root crops') mainly just the above-ground plant …

During the fallow period, crucifers grown as catch crops are known to effectively reduce
nitrate leaching, while legumes act mainly as green manure by releasing large amounts of …

Plants are affected by complex genome× environment× management interactions which
determine phenotypic plasticity as a result of the variability of genetic components. Whereas …

N fertilization is often viewed as a cheap insurance against yield loss in vegetable
production because of the generally large added value, resulting in application of fertilizer N …