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 …

Purpose Sustainable crop production could contribute to feed and fuel for the ever-
increasing global population. The use of heavy agricultural machinery has improved the …

Climate models project that many terrestrial ecosystems will become drier over the course of
this century, leading to a drastic increase in the global extent of arid soils. In order to …

Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient cropping systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

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 …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Life on Earth is sustained by a small volume of soil surrounding roots, called the
rhizosphere. The soil is where most of the biodiversity on Earth exists, and the rhizosphere …

Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture
availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the …

Aims Small scale root-pore interactions require validation of their impact on effective
hydraulic processes at the field scale. Our objective was to develop an interpretative …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …