Winter cover crops in a vegetable cropping system: Impacts on nitrate leaching, soil water, crop yield, pests and management costs

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Wyland, L J ^a,c   Jackson, L E ^a   Chaney, W E ^b   Klonsky, K ^a   Koike, S T ^b   Kimple, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Economic analysis; Gover crops; Microbial biomass; Nitrate leaching; Nutrient availability; Plant pest interactions

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITRATE LEACHING; PHACELIA; RYE; SOIL WATER;

BRASSICA OLERACEA ITALICA; BRASSICACEAE; HYDROPHYLLACEAE; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0030201307     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(96)01048-1     Document Type: Article

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