Ranaldo, Marzia; Costanzo, Ambrogio; Carlesi, Stefano and Barberi, Paolo (2015) Can weed management in vegetable systems be improved by cover crop species mixture? Step 1: Screening of cover crop species and varieties. Poster at: 17th EWRS Symposium, Weed Management in Change Enviroinments, Montpellier, France, 23-26 June 2015,.
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Cover crops are an essential strategy in organic and low input arable and vegetable production, especially regarding weed reduction and N use efficiency, but their establishment and development can be unstable. A viable option to enhance and stabilise the agroecosystem services provided by cover crops is to sow mixtures of species having different functionality. Such mixtures have been reported to increase productivity, stability, resilience and resource use efficiency of cover crop communities. Therefore, our hypothesis is that weed reduction can also be improved by cover crops mixtures. However, it is not yet clear how diversity drives these mechanisms in arable and vegetable systems in Mediterranean climates.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Poster |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Farming Systems Crop husbandry > Weed management Farming Systems > Farm nutrient management |
| Research affiliation: | Italy > Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa |
| ISBN: | 978-2-905550-41-5 |
| Deposited By: | carlesi, PhD stefano |
| ID Code: | 29701 |
| Deposited On: | 09 Feb 2016 14:56 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2016 14:56 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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