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 …

Conservation practice effectiveness and adoption: Unintended consequences and implications for sustainable phosphorus management

RJ Dodd, AN Sharpley - Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems, 2016 - Springer
Phosphorus (P) runoff from agricultural land continues to receive attention due to a
widespread lack of reduction in losses combined with a series of high profile P-induced …

Long-term cover crops improved soil phosphorus availability in a rain-fed apple orchard

Y Wang, Q Huang, H Gao, R Zhang, L Yang, Y Guo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this present study was to understand the distribution patterns of various
forms of soil phosphorus (P) and the biotic and abiotic factors affecting the soil P fractions …

Impacts of cover crops and crop residues on phosphorus losses in cold climates: A review

J Liu, ML Macrae, JA Elliott, HM Baulch… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The use of cover crops and crop residues is a common strategy to mitigate sediment and
nutrient losses from land to water. In cold climates, elevated dissolved P losses can occur …

Effects of dynamic factors of erosion on soil nitrogen and phosphorus loss under freeze-thaw conditions

Y Cheng, P Li, G Xu, X Wang, Z Li, S Cheng, M Huang - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion directly leads to the decline of soil fertility, and under hydraulic erosion, the soil
nitrogen and phosphorus released by hydrolysis enter the adjacent water body along with …

Components of phosphorus loss from agricultural landscapes, and how to incorporate them into risk assessment tools

K Reid, K Schneider, B McConkey - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P) loss to surface freshwater is a key driver of environmental degradation,
including blooms of both harmful (eg, microcystis) and nuisance (eg, cladophora) algae …

Driving crop yield, soil organic C pools, and soil biodiversity with selected winter cover crops under no-till

A Fiorini, S Remelli, R Boselli, P Mantovi… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022 - Elsevier
No-till (NT) and cover crops (CCs) have been repeatedly recommended for building-up
resilience of agro-ecosystems, enhancing soil biodiversity, and steering efficient nutrients …

Turnover and losses of phosphorus in Swedish agricultural soils: Long‐term changes, leaching trends, and mitigation measures

L Bergström, H Kirchmann, F Djodjic… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Transport of phosphorus (P) from agricultural fields to water bodies deteriorates water
quality and causes eutrophication. To reduce P losses and optimize P use efficiency by …

Towards integrated cover crop management: N, P and S release from aboveground and belowground residues

V Hansen, J Eriksen, LS Jensen… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecological intensification is crucial for arable organic farmers, in order to partly close the
yield gap to conventional yields. One strategy for this is improved management of cover …

Mulching practices alter soil microbial functional diversity and benefit to soil quality in orchards on the Loess Plateau

Y Wang, Q Huang, C Liu, Y Ding, L Liu, Y Tian… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
To improve our understanding about the responses of microbial functional diversity to
different mulching practices, this study used a metagenomic approach to reveal soil …