Implications of cover crops for soil quality and geodiversity in a humid-temperate region in the midwestern USA

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-330

  Stavi, I ^a,b   Lal, R ^b   Jones, S ^b   Reeder, R C ^b  

^a Tamar Regional Council   (Israel)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austrian winter pea; Calcium exchange capacity; Earthworm activity; Facilitation effect; Mixed cover crop; Mono cover crop; Radish; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIAN WINTER PEA; COVER CROPS; EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; FACILITATION EFFECT; RADISH;

AGGREGATES; CROPS; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL CONSERVATION;

SOILS;

CALCIUM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COVER CROP; CULTIVAR; EARTHWORM; GEODIVERSITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

PISUM SATIVUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84864921473     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2148     Document Type: Article

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