Cover crops in organic field vegetable production

Martina Robacer; Stefano Canali; Hanne Lakkenborg Kristensen; Franc Bavec; Silva Grobelnik Mlakar; Manfred Jakop; Martina Bavec

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2015.12.029

Cover crops in organic field vegetable production

Martina Robacer
, Stefano Canali
, Hanne Lakkenborg Kristensen
, Franc Bavec
, Silva Grobelnik Mlakar
, Manfred Jakop
, Martina Bavec

Department of Food Science - Plant, Food & Sustainability

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Abstract

Environmental protection and human health have recently become important factors when selecting food production systems. The wide usages of pesticides and synthetic fertilisers in conventional production cause environmental pollution and degradation. Cover crops can reduce the use of external inputs such as pesticides and fertilisers and can at the same time suppress weeds as well as improve and maintain soil fertility. Cover crops can also modify the microclimate which affects pest populations and diseases. The cover crops are usually terminated before the planting of the main crops, but some management practices use cover crops simultaneously with the main crop to, provide living mulch. Determining, cover crop species and management practices is based on the needs and goals of sustainable production. The summarised studies show that further research is needed for best practices of vegetable production especially using living mulches and roller crimper for termining cover crops before planting vegetables.

Original language	English
Journal	Scientia Horticulturae
Volume	208
Pages (from-to)	104-110
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0304-4238
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2015.12.029
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2016

Keywords

Organic farming
cropping system design
environmental services
fertility building crops
legumes
living mulch
weed management

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