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Green manures & cover crops: practical information (Best4Soil Video)

{Tool} Green manures & cover crops: practical information (Best4Soil Video). Creator(s): Michel, Vincent; Grand, Alfred and Schlathölter, Michaela. Issuing Organisation(s): Best4Soil, Agroscope, Vermigrand, P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard. Best4Soil Video. (2020)

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Summary

Cover crops and green manures are grown with no intention of harvesting their biomass, either partly or completely, at the end of the cropping season. The difference between these two types of crops is their final use. The above-ground part of green manures is incorporated into the soil at the end of the growing period with the aim of returning accumulated nutrients (e.g., nitrogen) or useful secondary metabolites (e.g., glucosinolates) to the soil. Cover crops are grown for different reasons, such as to reduce leaching of nutrients (e.g., nitrate, then also designated as catch crops), avoid erosion, improve soil structure or suppress weeds. A combined use is also possible, a crop can serve first as cover crop (e.g., for weed control) and then be incorporated as green manure (e.g., for nutrient input).
This video explains the power of these crops to control nematodes and provide some potential cover crops species (especially those fast-growing).
The information contained in this tool is relevant for any practitioner working, or considering working with, cover crops and/or green manures.


EPrint Type:Practice tool
What problem does the tool address?:Cover crops and green manures immediate efficacy is lower compared to more radical methods, such as chemical soil disinfestation or heat treatments.
What solution does the tool offer?:The use of cover crops and green manures has some potential to strategically prevent soil-borne diseases of field and horticultural crops.
Country:Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Type of Practice Tool:Video
Keywords:cover plants, weed control, green manures, soil fertility, soil management
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
cover plants
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1936
English
weed control
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8345
English
green manures
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3375
English
soil fertility
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170
English
soil management
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7176
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions
Crop husbandry > Composting and manuring
Research affiliation: European Union > Horizon 2020 > BEST4Soil
Germany > Other organizations Germany
Austria > Other organizations Austria
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number:817696
Related Links:https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/43072, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/43071, https://www.best4soil.eu/, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39115, https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/409568007622506, https://twitter.com/farm_knowledge/status/1477960491695751174
Project ID:ofk
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:43072
Deposited On:22 Dec 2021 15:10
Last Modified:14 Nov 2023 08:27
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Status:Published

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