Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture
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Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture

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Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture

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This book will not serve as the "encyclopedia of cover crop management, " but it's close. The benefits of a wide range of individual cover crops and blends/mixes for specific agronomic crop rotations and geographic locations are included. Descriptions, photographs, and illustrations show how cover crops look in the field, including plant height, leaf architecture, and rooting patterns. Long term benefits are described for soil health, soil structure, water quality, nutrient contributions, soil biodiversity, air quality and climate change.

In addition to the "whys" of cover crop use, the book includes details on the "hows: " how to choose cover crops for specific applications and locations; how (and when) to plant; how to manage and maintain the cover for maximum benefit; and how and when to terminate.

Planting options include: drilling/planting between rows of an agronomic crop at planting time, or when the crop is short (i.e. corn in early June); "aerial" seeding with an airplane or high-clearance machine shortly before the crop reaches maturity; and drilling/planting immediately after harvest of the agronomic crop. Selected cover crops (blends) can help with pest and disease management.

Cover crops are an economic input with an expected return on investment, similar to pesticides and fertilizer. As part of a continuous no-till system, cover crops provide long-term biological, chemical and structural benefits. The resulting increase in soil organic matter means the agronomic crop yields benefit from better water infiltration and water holding capacity, greater availability of nitrogen and other nutrients, deeper rooting, and increased soil microbial activity in the root zone.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000407143
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Botany
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. 1 Cover Crops and Agroecosystem Services
  7. 2 Benefits of Cover Crops on Agronomic Crop Yield
  8. 3 Potential and Challenges of Growing Cover Crops in Organic Production Systems
  9. 4 Cover Crops in Vegetable Production and Urban Farming in Sub-Saharan Countries
  10. 5 Algorithms to Optimise Cropping Diversity with Cover Crops
  11. 6 Sustainable Suppression of Weeds through Ecological Use of Cover Crops
  12. 7 Cover Crops for Pests and Soil-borne Disease Control and Insect Diversity
  13. 8 Cover Crops for Forages and Livestock Grazing
  14. 9 Cover Crops’ Effect on Soil Quality and Soil Health
  15. 10 Cover Crops for Orchard Soil Management
  16. 11 Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon and Conservation Agriculture
  17. 12 Cover Crops and Soil Nitrogen Cycling
  18. 13 Effect of Cover Crops on Soil Biology
  19. 14 Cover Cropping Improves Soil Quality and Physical Properties
  20. 15 Cover Crops Effects on Soil Erosion and Water Quality
  21. 16 Effects of Cover Crops on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  22. 17 Cover Crops Influence Soil Microbial and Biochemical Properties
  23. 18 Economics of Cover Crops
  24. Index