The forecasted 9.1 billion population in 2050 will require an increase in food production for
an additional two billion people. There is thus an active debate on new farming practices …

Agroecology promises a third way between common global agriculture tradeoffs such as
food production and nature conservation, environmental sustainability and ecosystem …

N fertilization is often viewed as a cheap insurance against yield loss in vegetable
production because of the generally large added value, resulting in application of fertilizer N …

Multi‐species cover crop mixtures have been increasing in popularity. It has been
hypothesized these mixtures produce more biomass, suppress more weeds, scavenge more …

In light of the environmental challenges ahead, resilience of the most abundant field crop
production systems must be improved to guarantee yield stability with more efficient use of …

Core Ideas Cover crops were successfully established in corn with a drill interseeder. Cover
crop biomass production varied notably across the mid‐Atlantic region. Spring cover crop …

The interest of organic farmers in adopting conservation agriculture principles, including
minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotation has been growing since the …

In organic grain production, weeds are one of the major limiting factors along with crop
nitrogen deficiency. Relay intercropping of forage legume cover crops in an established …

Soils are important sources of CO 2 and N 2 O emissions to the atmosphere. Introducing
cover crop and conservation tillage are among the strategies to improve soil organic carbon …

Weeds cause an estimated crop yield loss of about 43% world-wide. The heavy use of
herbicides in weed management has several environmental and health risks. Therefore …