Cover crops can provide a wide range of ecosystem services including soil water
conservation, improved soil nutrient supply and retention, and enhanced crop yields …

Core Ideas Cover crop (CC) biomass production across temperate regions averaged
3.37±2.96 Mg ha− 1. Ten high‐biomass producing CCs in temperate ecoregions were in this …

Thiessen Martens, JR, Entz, MH and Wonneck, MD 2015. Review: Redesigning Canadian
prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95 …

Wheat/soybean rotation is an important double-cropping system in the Huang-Huai-Hai
plain of China. Continuous soybean cropping could cause soil quality deterioration and …

Background and aims Maintaining sustainable high yield and soil fertility is the key to
cultivate perennial alfalfa grassland. However, little is known about the effects of rhizosphere …

Several governmental programs have been established throughout Canada to foster
agriculture sustainability. As a best management practice, cover crops (CCs) limit soil …

Late season catch crops could be an effective tool to conserve highly available N after
grazing of green manures. An experiment was established to investigate the productivity and …

Exchangeable cations and soil nutrients leach out/lost in the raised bed soils system through
irrigation water and rainwater. Cover crops or crop residue mulching are considered …

Crop decline is a progressive soil health reduction commonly associated to the specialized
cultivations. As a series of biotic factors are involved in this phenomenon, it can be …

Legumes play a key role in maintaining soil fertility in pasture systems and when used as a
rotation crop or relay crop in annual cropping systems. Little is known about the potential to …