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Benefits of cover crops as diverse as the crops themselves
Author(s) -
Cushman Will
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2016-49-0508
Subject(s) - cover crop , sustainability , cover (algebra) , agroforestry , certification , crop , agricultural economics , business , agronomy , environmental science , economics , engineering , biology , ecology , management , mechanical engineering
As the practice of including cereal cover crops in crop rotations has become commonplace across the Mid‐Atlantic, ongoing research shows that cereals are not the only cover crops that provide useful agro‐ecosystem services. And the benefits they provide are nearly as diverse as the crops themselves. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Sustainability by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/795 .