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Cover crop crucifer-legume mixtures provide effective nitrate catch crop and nitrogen green manure ecosystem services

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Couëdel A., Alletto L., Tribouillois H., Justes E.
2018

During the fallow period, crucifers grown as catch crops are known to effectively reduce nitrate leaching, while legumes act mainly as green manure by releasing large amounts of mineral nitrogen (N) for the subsequent cash crop once incorporated into the soil. Crucifer-legume cover crop mixtures could be an effective solution for obtaining these two ecosystem services because they combine ...

Fertilisation; Systèmes et modes de culture; Ecologie végétale; Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières

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