Shaping Soil Properties and Yield of Cereals Using Cover Crops under Conservation Soil Tillage

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 2104
• Main Authors: Wilczewski, Edward, Jug, Irena, Szpunar-Krok, Ewa, Staniak, Mariola, Jug, Danijel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Agricultural industry; Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; agronomy; Analysis; Beans; Biological activity; Biological effects; Biological properties; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon content; Cereal crops; cereal yield; Cereals; Chemical composition; Chemical properties; Compacted soils; Composition effects; Conservation; Conservation tillage; Cover crops; Crop yields; Crops; Enzymes; Fertilization; Flowers & plants; Harvest; Impact analysis; Legumes; Manures; Microorganisms; Mimosaceae; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Oilseeds; Organic carbon; Organic soils; phosphorus; physical properties; phytomass; Plant biomass; Plant species; Plants (botany); potassium; Protection and preservation; reduced tillage; Sandy soils; Soil acidity; Soil chemistry; Soil compaction; Soil conservation; Soil fertility; Soil improvement; Soil microbiology; Soil microorganisms; soil organic carbon; Soil pH; Soil properties; Soils; sorption; species; Summer; Tillage; Topsoil; total nitrogen; vegetation; Weather; Wildlife conservation; Winter; Poland; Croatia

The aim of this review was to collect current results on the effect of different plants grown as winter and summer cover crops (CC) on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil and on the yield of cereal crops grown in a site with CC, using conservation soil tillage. The analyzed stu...