The role of cover crops in improving soil fertility and plant nutritional status in temperate climates. A review

A Scavo, S Fontanazza, A Restuccia, GR Pesce… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Cover crops (CCs) are a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil
health and crop performances. However, the complex of relationships between CCs, the …

Cover crops for sustainable cropping systems: a review

V Quintarelli, E Radicetti, E Allevato, SR Stazi… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cover cropping 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] Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties

K Koudahe, SC Allen, K Djaman - International Soil and Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Are there universal soil responses to cover cropping? A systematic review

X Hao, M Abou Najm, KL Steenwerth, MA Nocco… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cover cropping is commonly acknowledged to promote soil health in agriculture. However,
contradictory findings on the benefits of cover crops for soil health, crop productivity …

Cover crops and ecosystem services: Insights from studies in temperate soils

H Blanco‐Canqui, TM Shaver, JL Lindquist… - Agronomy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) can provide multiple soil, agricultural production, and environmental
benefits. However, a better understanding of such potential ecosystem services is needed …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cover crops towards sustainable soil health and agriculture—A review paper

P Sharma, A Singh, CS Kahlon, AS Brar… - American Journal of …, 2018 - scirp.org
Cover crops are the plants which are grown to improve soil fertility, prevent soil erosion,
enrichment and protection of soil, and enhance nutrient and water availability, and quality of …

Improving soil physical properties through the use of cover crops: A review

SI Haruna, SH Anderson, RP Udawatta… - Agrosystems …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Improving soil physical properties is important to soil conservation. Cover cropping can
improve soil physical properties and organic matter content which can reduce soil loss, and …

Potential use of cover crops for soil and water conservation, nutrient management, and climate change adaptation across the tropics

JA Delgado, VHB Mosquera, JR Alwang… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the greatest challenges in the 21st century is the question of how humanity will adapt
to a changing climate to continue producing food at the production levels that will be …

Using winter cover crops to improve soil and water quality

SM Dabney, JA Delgado… - Communications in Soil …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews literature about the impacts of cover crops in cropping systems that affect
soil and water quality and presents limited new information to help fill knowledge gaps …

Can cover crops improve soil ecosystem services in water‐limited environments? A review

H Blanco‐Canqui, SJ Ruis, JD Holman… - Soil Science Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) are considered to deliver multiple soil ecosystem services, but such
potential could vary by climatic region. This leads to the question: can CCs improve soil …