In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion...

sequencing and cover crops around desirable cash crops. The following is a simplified classification based on crop quality and purpose. Many crops which are...

practices Cover crop Crop destruction Crop residue Crop rotation Crop weed Kharif crops (crops specific to South Asia) Nurse crop Rabi crops (crops specific...

of another crop. A cover crop involves planting a species that is not a crop, such as grasses and legumes, alongside the crop. The cover plants help...

resources unavailable to shallower-rooted crops. Common cover crop functions of weed suppression. Non-leguminous crops are primarily used (e.g. buckwheat)....

agriculture, a catch crop is a fast-growing crop that is grown between successive plantings of a main crop. It is a specific type of cover crop that is grown...

forestry. Cover crops are a type of nurse crop. In agriculture, a nurse crop is an annual crop used to assist in establishment of a perennial crop. The widest...

The term cropping system refers to the crops, crop sequences and management techniques used on a particular agricultural field over a period of years...

application, or what is informally referred to as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft....

applying herbicides on a cover crop (killing that vegetation). "Direct seeding" is when crops are sown through the residue of previous crop. "Surface seeding"...

(Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern...

desertification. Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and planted windbreaks, affect both erosion...

fallow, but instead should follow a cover crop which is a host for AM fungi, such as oats or other small grain crops. The presence of any plant roots, including...

requirement, but also benefits the succeeding crops. It can be used as a cover crop before or after cereal crops in rotation, which makes a good green manure...

knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat originated around the 6th millennium BCE in the region of what...

(2016). "Nitrogen Release Dynamics and Decomposition of Buried and Surface Cover Crop Residues". Agronomy Journal. 108 (4). American Society of Agronomy (Wiley):...

cleavage by ribonuclease P (RNase-P). Some success has been reported using a cover crop strategy. The citrus trees were not free of the disease bacteria, yet...

and North America, and in Siberia. Winter wheat is grown as a cash crop or a cover crop. Optimal growing conditions for winter wheat include high-drainage...

grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley...

[clarification needed] Certain varieties of daikon can be grown as a winter cover crop and green manure. These varieties are often named "tillage radish" because...

by novice gardeners. Another use of radish is as a cover or catch crop in winter, or as a forage crop. Some radishes are grown for their seeds; others,...

A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm...

Forest cover by federal subject in Russia List of countries by forest area Category:Forests by country Deforestation by region Cover crop Plant cover Continuous...

In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the purposes of a mulch, such as weed...

extremes and to poor soil. It is used for rehabilitation, medicine, as a cover crop and for fodder. Its introduction to other countries has had an environmental...

fallow period must be included in the crop rotation means that fields cannot always be protected by a cover crop, which might otherwise offer protection...

not be possible to achieve a kill on the cover crop. If mowing, crimping, and suppression with a cover crop mixture fail, herbicides can be applied. However...

is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds; it is also used as a cover crop. Buckwheat may also refer to: Buckwheat family or Polygonaceae, a family...

corn, soybeans, cotton, or sugar beets. The forages serve primarily as cover crops. In certain systems, strips in particularly-eroded areas are used to...

These help to stabilise the soil as they increase cover compared to short-cycle cropping systems. Soil cover is a crucial factor in preventing erosion. Cleaner...