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Effect of Soil Fertility Level on Growth of Cover Crop Mixtures and Residual Fertilizing Value for Spring Barley by Veronika Hansen; Linn V. Meilvang; Jakob Magid; Kristian Thorup-Kristensen; Lars Stoumann Jensen is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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The use of cover crops may play an important role in ecological intensification of farming systems through their impacts on cycling and the availability of essential nutrients. However, little is known about the effect of soil fertility on the performance of cover crops and consequent nutrient dynamics. We performed a two-year field trial to quantify the effect of two soil fertility levels (low and moderate) on the growth and nutrient content of different leguminous and non-leguminous cover crop species and their mixtures, and on their fertilizing value for the succeeding crop. Overall, the growth and shoot nutrient content of cover crops in autumn was influenced by the species, mixture choices and soil fertility level. The growth of some species was less affected by fertility level than others. Among the legumes, fertility levels had no effect on the growth of lupin. Among the non-legumes, buckwheat had the highest biomass production as well as C:N ratio at a low fertility level, and in the first year was affected least by soil fertility level. However, buckwheat and lupin grown as a single species or in mixtures did not lead to yield improvements in the subsequent crop. Generally
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- Author
- Veronika Hansen; Linn V. Meilvang; Jakob Magid; Kristian Thorup-Kristensen; Lars Stoumann Jensen
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)