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The authors recommend cereal covers to build soil organic matter rapidly.
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- should be considered when the goal is to rapidly build soil organic mattere0
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e0“Cereal cover crops produce the largest amount of biomass and should be considered when the goal is to rapidly build soil organic matter”
Title
Evaluating Cover Crops for Benefits, Costs and Performance within Cropping System Niches
S. S. Snapp; S. M. Swinton; R. Labarta; et al. Agronomy Journal 2005. doi:10.2134/agronj2005.0322a
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- Observation Cover crop benefits tend to be greater in irrigated systems.
- Observation Warm-season C4 grasses performed outstandingly in summer niches with 6–9 Mg ha −1.
- Observation Rye was most promising for winter niches at 0.8–6 Mg ha −1.
- Observation Sudangrass-cowpea mixtures produced substantial mixed-quality residues.
- Observation Wheat-red clover mixtures produced substantial mixed-quality residues.
- Observation Legume covers grew slowly and were expensive to establish.
- Observation Legume covers fixed nitrogen.
- Observation Legume covers produced high-quality but limited residues, 0.5–4 Mg ha −1.
- Observation Legume covers enhanced beneficial insect habitat.
- Observation Brassicas produced glucosinolate-containing residues of 2–6 Mg ha −1.
- Observation Brassicas suppressed plant-parasitic nematodes.
- Observation Brassicas suppressed soil-borne disease.
- Observation Legume cover crops most reliably enhanced cash-crop yields versus fallows or other covers.
- Recommendation The authors recommend brassica covers where soil pests limit cash crop yield.
- Observation Legume-cereal mixtures show promise across many niches.
- Observation Brassica-cereal mixtures show promise across many niches.