Radish cover crop and manure alter organic carbon characteristics and improve soil physicochemical properties as well as wolfberry yields

• Published in: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 371; p. 109097
• Main Authors: Wang, Fang, Li, Wenhui, Gao, Yamiao, Zhu, Lizhen, Chen, Haonan, Yang, Liu, Weil, Ray R., Wang, Tiannan, Nan, Xiongxiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2024
• Subjects: agriculture; agroecosystems; Animal manure; application rate; Chemical composition; China; continuous cropping; Cover cropping; cover crops; environment; equations; forage; Fruit yield; Labile organic carbon; Lycium barbarum; manure spreading; nitrogen; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; orchards; potassium; radishes; Raphanus sativus; sheep manure; soil density; soil organic carbon; total nitrogen; China; Animal manure; Chemical composition; Cover cropping; Fruit yield; Labile organic carbon

Cover crops are widely used to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agroecosystems. However, the effects of cover crops on the labile fractions and chemical composition of SOC, as well as the consequences for fruit yield in manure-applied orchards are still unclear. Here, we conducted two fi...