Open AccessSelected Legumes Used As Summer Cover Crops
Author(s) -
Jimmy R. Rich,
David L. Wright,
J. J. Marois,
Dick Sprenkel
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-in483-2003
Subject(s) - cover crop , agronomy , sowing , agroforestry , cash crop , green manure , crop , agriculture , environmental science , geography , agricultural science , biology , ecology
Cover crops are generally planted after a primary (cash) crop for one or more of the following reasons: erosion control, organic matter accumulation, improved soil tilth, pest suppression (weed, disease, nematode, and insect), and nitrogen production. Optimally, a cover crop will provide a wide range of most or all of the previously mentioned benefits, even if the main reason for planting it was more specific. The eight cover/green manure crops described herein have been shown to provide several benefits to a succeeding crop. This document is ENY-688 (IN483), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Publication Date: August 2003.