Early-maturing annual legumes: an option for cover cropping in rainfed olive orchards

Cover cropping is a major challenge in the sustainable management of rainfed olive orchards. From a 5 year study (2009–2014), the effect of a mixture of early-maturing and self-reseeding annual legumes (Legs) grown as a cover crop in a rainfed olive orchard was compared with a cover of natural veget...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, M.A. (author)
Other Authors: Dimande, Paulo (author), Pereira, Ermelinda (author), Ferreira, Isabel Q. (author), Freitas, Sara L. (author), Correia, Carlos M. (author), Moutinho-Pereira, José (author), Arrobas, Margarida (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Annual legumes
Cover cropping
Olea europaea
Olive nutrition
Soil available nitrogen
Soil microbial activity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/13730
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/13730

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/13730

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