Quantitative synthesis on the ecosystem services of cover crops

S Daryanto, B Fu, L Wang, PA Jacinthe, W Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Weed dynamics and conservation agriculture principles: A review

V Nichols, N Verhulst, R Cox, B Govaerts - Field crops research, 2015 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture (CA) is based on minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover,
and crop rotation; it is promoted as a sustainable alternative to systems involving …

Conservation tillage and weed management influencing weed dynamics, crop performance, soil properties, and profitability in a rice–wheat–greengram system in the …

BA Alhammad, DK Roy, S Ranjan, SR Padhan, S Sow… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
A three-year field experiment was carried out to assess the efficacy of various tillage and
residue management practices, as well as weed management approaches, in a rice–wheat …

Engineering natural enemy shelters to enhance conservation biological control in field crops

LM Gontijo - Biological control, 2019 - Elsevier
Conserving natural enemies has become the cornerstone for sustainable pest management.
Conservation is often attained through habitat manipulation in order to create suitable …

The maturation of ecosystem services: Social and policy research expands, but whither biophysically informed valuation?

KMA Chan, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Is tillage beneficial or detrimental for insect and slug management? A meta-analysis

EK Rowen, KH Regan, ME Barbercheck… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Frequent and intensive tillage can have negative effects on soil, including increasing risk of
erosion, oxidizing organic matter, and disrupting life cycles of soil organisms. Even though …

Do agroecological practices enhance the supply of ecosystem services? A comparison between agroecological and conventional horticultural farms

S Palomo-Campesino, M García-Llorente, V Hevia… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has strongly impacted ecosystems and accelerated the process of
global change. Consequently, agroecological practices are being increasingly adopted …

A review of the soil seedbank from a weed scientists perspective

LM Schwartz-Lazaro, JT Copes - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite efforts to eliminate weeds, they continue to thrive. Weed persistence is reliant upon
the soil seedbank. Knowledge of the soil seedbank is continually expanding, but with the …

Tillage effects on ground beetles in temperate climates: a review

P Müller, D Neuhoff, M Nabel, K Schiffers… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Ground beetles (carabids) constitute an important functional component of biodiversity in
agroecosystems, mainly because of their role as predators of pests, but also as consumers …

Cover crops increase foraging activity of omnivorous predators in seed patches and facilitate weed biological control

CK Blubaugh, JR Hagler, SA Machtley… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Omnivorous predators are key contributors to biocontrol, but the relative importance and
interactive effects of ecological variables (eg, habitat and prey-or plant-based foods) that …