Management of cover crops in temperate climates influences soil organic carbon stocks: a meta-analysis

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 31; no. 3; p. e02278
• Main Authors: McClelland, Shelby C, Paustian, Keith, Schipanski, Meagan E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Agriculture; Carbon; Crop Production; Crops, Agricultural; Soil; diversity; net primary productivity; negative emissions technology; cover crop; meta-analysis; soil organic carbon; agroecosystem

Increasing the quantity and quality of plant biomass production in space and time can improve the capacity of agroecosystems to capture and store atmospheric carbon (C) in the soil. Cover cropping is a key practice to increase system net primary productivity (NPP) and increase the quantity of high-q...