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Multi-functionality of Cover Crops Cover crops generally reduce soil erosion, suppress weeds, reduce nutrient leaching, maintain soil fertility, and improve soil physical properties, soil microbiome, and C and nutrient cycling, and provide other soil ecosystem services as discussed in the previous chapters. The question is: Do the above benefits from cover crops translate into increased crop yields compared with conventional systems without cover crops? The answer to this question may not be simple. It is important to remember that cover crops were not initially conceived to boost crop yields but primarily to cover the soil, reduce erosion, and maintain soil fertility.Moreover, cover crops were originally introduced into low-input agricultural systems with limited or no synthetic fertilizer application . The introduction of synthetic fertilizers in the early to middle twentieth century resulted in large increases in crop yields relative to low-input systems. Now, interest in cover crops is reemerging to address the growing agronomic and environmental challenges, but it is important to consider that cover crops may be more effective for addressing soil erosion, leaching, non-point s

Author

Humberto Blanco-Canqui

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780891186403

Subjects

Science, Management, Social Science