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Md Nayem Hasan Munna, Rattan Lal • Unknown Hub (2026)
Dennis Busch, Kishan Mahmud, Jane M. F. Johnson, A. N. Papanicolaou, John M. Baker, Andrew D. Cartmill • Unknown Hub (2024)
“The LTAR Integrated Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River BasinPlatteville.”
Mrill Ingram • Unknown Hub (2023)
“The use of cover cropping, as one element in a continuous living cover approach, has the potential to protect water quality and promote soil health, but overall U.S. acreage in cover crops as well as adoption rates remain low.”
Jessica Gutknecht, Ann Journey, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Hava K. Blair, Anna M. Cates • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crop management practices to promote soil health and climate adaptation: Grappling with varied success from farmer and researcher observations.”
Sejin Cheong, Carolyn Chandler-Khayd, Sequoia R. Williams, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Peiman Aminabadi, Michele T. Jay‐Russell, E Evans, Lee Klossner, Paulo H. Pagliari, Patricia D. Millner, Annette Kenney, Fawzy Hashem, Amber R. Sciligo, Alda F. A. Pires • Unknown Hub (2024)
Logan M. Simon, Augustine K. Obour, Johnathon D. Holman, S. K. Johnson, Kraig L. Roozeboom • Unknown Hub (2021)
Logan M. Simon, Augustine K. Obour, Johnathon D. Holman, Kraig L. Roozeboom • Unknown Hub (2020)
“This study examined long-term cover crop management effects on soil health in semiarid drylands.”
Lena Simon, A. K. Obour, J. D. Holman, S. K. Johnson, Kraig L. Roozeboom • Unknown Hub (2022)
Laura Vincent-Caboud, Léa Vereecke, Erin Silva, Josephine Peigné • Unknown Hub (2019)
“Cover crop effectiveness varies in cover crop-based rotational tillage organic soybean systems based on species and environment.”
Brian D. Grebliunas, Shalamar D. Armstrong, William L. Perry • Unknown Hub (2016)
“Changes in water-extractable organic carbon with cover crop planting under continuous corn silage production.”
Kenneth R. Olson, S. A. Ebelhar, James Lang • Unknown Hub (2014)
“The use of cover crops for the maintenance and restoration of soil organic carbon and soil productivity of previously eroded soils were evaluated.”
Andrew J. Curtright, Karen A. Renner, Lisa K. Tiemann • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Availability of dissolved organic carbon drives differences in microbial nitrogencycling processes between two sites with cover crops interseeded into corn.”
Khandakar Rafiq Islam, Warren A. Dick, Dexter B. Watts, Javier M. Gonzalez, Norman R. Fausey, Dennis C. Flanagan, Randall C. Reeder, Tara T. VanToai, Marvin T. Batte • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Gypsum, crop rotation, and cover crop impacts on soil organic carbon and biological dynamics in rainfed transitional no-till corn-soybean systems.”
Katherine R. Merriman, Prasad Daggupati, Raghavan Srinivasan, Brett A. Hayhurst • Unknown Hub (2019)
Rob Wilson, Darrin Culp, Skyler Peterson, Kevin Nicholson, Daniel Geisseler • Unknown Hub (2019)
“Cover crops proved effective at increasing soil nitrogen for organic potato production.”
Amanda J. Ashworth, Fred L. Allen, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Phillip Owens, Carl E. Sams • Unknown Hub (2018)
“Crop rotations and poultry litter affect dynamic soil chemical properties and soil biota long term.”
Nicole E. Tautges, Jessica Chiartas, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Anthony Debons, Israel Herrera, Kate M. Scow • Unknown Hub (2019)
“Deep soil inventories reveal that impacts of cover crops and compost on soil carbon sequestration differ in surface and subsurface soils.”
Elina M. Snyder, Heather D. Karsten, William S. Curran, Glenna M. Malcolm, Jeffrey A. Hyde • Unknown Hub (2016)
“This study compared weed control, crop yields, herbicide use, and economic performance of red clover and hairy vetch in a notill winter cereal–green manure–corn silage cropping sequence in central Pennsylvania.”
Rachel Ann Milliron, Heather D. Karsten, Douglas B. Beegle • Unknown Hub (2019)
Hans W. Klopp, Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Michael Sindelar, Virginia L. Jin, Marty R. Schmer, Richard B. Ferguson • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Crop residue removal may negatively affect soil mechanical properties, which are key components of soil quality. To evaluate potential long-term effects, we assessed the 10-yr impact of corn residue removal on surface soil mechanical characteristics.”
S.P. Syswerda, Bruno Basso, Stephen K. Hamilton, J.B. Tausig, G. Philip Robertson • Unknown Hub (2012)
“Long-term nitrate loss along an agricultural intensity gradient in the Upper Midwest USA.”
Jason Motsinger, Prasanta K. Kalita, Rabin Bhattarai • Unknown Hub (2016)
“The formation of hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico can be traced to agricultural watersheds in the Midwestern United States that are artificially drained in order to make the land suitable for agriculture.”
Leilei Ruan, G. Philip Robertson • Unknown Hub (2013)
“The initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under notill vs. conventional tillage.”
Rachel L. Cook, Andrew Trlica • Unknown Hub (2015)
Samuel I. Haruna, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo • Unknown Hub (2019)
“Tillage, Cover Crop and Crop Rotation Effects on Selected Soil Chemical Properties.”
Theresa Boas, Heye Bogena, Thomas Grünwald, Bernard Heinesch, Dongryeol Ryu, Marius Schmidt, Harry Vereecken, Andrew W. Western, Harrie‐Jan Hendricks Franssen • Unknown Hub (2021)
Robert P. Larkin • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Use of Crop Rotations, Cover Crops and Green Manures for Disease Suppression in Potato Cropping Systems.”
Robert P. Larkin • Unknown Hub (2022)
Audrey V. Gamble, Julie A. Howe, Kris B. Balkcom, C. W. Wood, Nicolás DiLorenzo, Dexter B. Watts, Edzard van Santen • Unknown Hub (2019)
Debankur Sanyal, Avik Mukherjee, Amin Rahhal, Johnathon Wolthuizen, David Karki, Jason D. Clark, Anthony Bly • Unknown Hub (2023)
Alissa White, Heather Darby, Lindsey Ruhl, Bryony Sands • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Long term influence of alternative corn cropping practices on soil health, yields and forage quality.”
Radomir Schmidt, Kelly Gravuer, Anne V. Bossange, Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Kate M. Scow • Unknown Hub (2018)
“Long-term use of cover crops and no-till shift soil microbial community life strategies in agricultural soil.”
Amin Nouri, Daniel C. Yoder, Mohammad Raji, Şafak Ceylan, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jaehoon Lee, Forbes Walker, Xinhua Yin, Judith Fitzpatrick, Brady Trexler, Prakash R. Arelli, Arnold M. Saxton • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Conservation agriculture increases the soil resilience and cotton yield stability in climate extremes of the southeast US.”
Fernando E. Miguez, Matthew Maughan, Germán A. Bollero, Stephen P. Long • Unknown Hub (2011)
Mark A. Liebig, Verónica Acosta‐Martínez, David W. Archer, Jonathan J. Halvorson, John Hendrickson, Scott L. Kronberg, S. Samson‐Liebig, Jennifer M. Vetter • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Conservation practices induce tradeoffs in soil function: observations from the northern Great Plains.”
Brady Goettl, Bryce James Andersen, Thomas M. DeSutter, David W. Franzen, Abbey F. Wick • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Interseeded cover crops in widerow corn: An opportunity for northern cropping systems.”
Martha C. Anderson, George R. Diak, Feng Gao, Kyle Knipper, Christopher Hain, Elke Eichelmann, Kyle S. Hemes, Dennis Baldocchi, William P. Kustas, Yun Yang • Unknown Hub (2019)
“This paper investigates the practical utility of three different insolation data sources within the context of a satellite-based remote sensing framework for mapping evapotranspiration at high spatiotemporal resolution, in an application over the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region in California.”
Ajoy Kumar Saha, John McMaine, Todd P. Trooien, Peter Sexton, Christopher Graham • Unknown Hub (2023)
Yun Yang, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Christopher Hain, Asko Noormets, Ge Sun, Randolph H. Wynne, Valerie A. Thomas, Liang Sun • Unknown Hub (2018)
“We apply a multi-sensor satellite data fusion approach to study the response of forest ET to drought and disturbance over a 7-year period.”
Mark A. Ditmer, David L. Garshelis, Karen V. Noyce, Andrew W. Haveles, John Fieberg • Unknown Hub (2015)
“Are American black bears in an agricultural landscape being sustained by crops?.”
Lloyd L. Nackley, Luke Van Lehman, Owen Van Lehman, James S. Owen, Carolyn F. Scagel • Unknown Hub (2024)
“This study investigates the potential benefits of using tectonite dust as a soil amendment in central Oregon.”
Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Shannon B. Cappellazzi, Rad Schmidt, Jessica Chiartas, Anil Shrestha, D. C. Reicosky, Howard Ferris, Xiaoke Zhang, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Samuel N. Araya, Courtland Kelly, Steven J. Fonte, Sarah E. Light, Garrett C. Liles, Tom Willey, Robert Roy, Monte Bottens, C. W. Crum, William R. Horwáth, Geoffrey M. Koch, Kate M. Scow • Unknown Hub (2024)
“A long-term annual crop study in Five Points, California, shows that the combined use of no-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improves soil health compared to conventional practices.”
Amanda K. Hodson, Edwin E. Lewis • Unknown Hub (2016)
“UC researchers have pioneered many ways of managing soil biology for pest management, including strategies such as soil solarization, steam treatment and anaerobic soil disinfestation.”
Cristina Lazcano, Noelymar Gonzalez‐Maldonado, Erika H. Yao, Connie T. F. Wong, Jenna J. Merrilees, Mia Falcone, Jean C. Dodson Peterson, L. Federico Casassa, Charlotte Decock • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Sheep grazing as a strategy to manage cover crops in Mediterranean vineyards: short-term effects on soil C, N and greenhouse gas emissions.”
Alejandro Plastina, Fangge Liu, Fernando E. Miguez, Sarah Carlson • Unknown Hub (2018)
“Cover crops use in Midwestern US agriculture: perceived benefits and net returns.”
Guillermo S. Marcillo, Fernando E. Miguez • Unknown Hub (2017)
Y. Zhang, Lyatt Jaeglé, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Christopher D. Holmes, Helen M. Amos, Qiaoqiao Wang, R. W. Talbot, Richard S. Artz, Steve Brooks, Winston T. Luke, Thomas M. Holsen, Dirk Felton, E. K. Miller, K. D. Perry, D. Schmeltz, A. Steffen, R. Tordon, P. S. Weiss‐Penzias, R. Zsolway • Unknown Hub (2012)
“We develop a new nested-grid simulation of mercury wet deposition over North America with a 1/2° latitude by 2/3° longitude horizontal resolution.”
Devyn McPheeters, Mary Ann Bruns, Heather D. Karsten, Curtis J. Dell • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Integrated weed management with strategic tillage can maintain soil quality in continuous living cover systems.”
W. Dean Hively, Sjoerd W. Duiker, Gregory W. McCarty, Kusuma Prabhakara • Unknown Hub (2015)
Barbara Chami, Meredith T. Niles, Stephen Parry, Steven B. Mirsky, Victoria J. Ackroyd, Matthew R. Ryan • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Incentive programs promote cover crop adoption in the northeastern United States.”
Quirine M. Ketterings, Sheryl N. Swink, Sjoerd W. Duiker, Karl Czymmek, Douglas B. Beegle, W. J. Cox • Unknown Hub (2015)
“Integrating cover crops for nitrogen management in corn systems on Northeastern U.S. Dairies.”
Khushboo Jain, Ranjeet John, Nathan Torbick, Venkatesh Kolluru, Sakshi Saraf, Abhinav Chandel, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Meghann Jarchow • Unknown Hub (2024)
Liang Sun, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Christopher Hain, Joseph G. Alfieri, Amirreza Sharifi, Gregory W. McCarty, Yun Yang, Yang Yang, William P. Kustas, L. McKee • Unknown Hub (2017)
“Investigating water use over the Choptank River Watershed using a multisatellite data fusion approach.”
Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, John Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahal, Anthony Bly • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Cover crop composition in longterm notill soils in semiarid environments do not influence soil health measurements after one year.”
Michael C. Wimberly, Justin K. Davis, Michelle Evans, Andrea Hess, Philip M. Newberry, Nicole Solano, Courtney C. Murdock • Unknown Hub (2020)
Kathryn Semmens, Martha C. Anderson, William P. Kustas, Feng Gao, Joseph G. Alfieri, L. McKee, John H. Prueger, Christopher Hain, Carmelo Cammalleri, Yun Yang, Ting Xia, Luis Sánchez, María Mar Alsina, Mónica Vélez • Unknown Hub (2015)
Qianfeng Wang, Jingyu Zeng, Junyu Qi, Xuesong Zhang, Yue Zeng, Wei Shui, Zhanghua Xu, Rongrong Zhang, Xiaoping Wu, Jiang Cong • Unknown Hub (2021)
Katja Koehler‐Cole, Andrea Basche, Laura Thompson, Jennifer Rees • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Comparing cover crop research in farmer-led and researcher-led experiments in the Western Corn Belt.”
Girma Birru, Andualem Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Marty R. Schmer, Virginia L. Jin, Brian Wardlow, Katja Koehler‐Cole, Tala Awada, Sarah E. Johnson‐Beebout, Teferi Tsegaye, Tulsi Kahrel • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Simulated impacts of winter rye cover crop on continuous corn yield and soil parameters.”
Denise M. Finney, Jeffrey S. Buyer, Jason P. Kaye • Unknown Hub (2017)
“Living cover crops have immediate impacts on soil microbial community structure and function.”
Fernanda Souza Krupek, Steven Mugisha Mizero, Daren D. Redfearn, Andrea Basche • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Assessing how cover crops close the soil health gap in onfarm experiments.”
Ian J. Bonner, David J. Muth, Joshua Koch, Douglas L. Karlen • Unknown Hub (2014)
“Modeled impacts of cover crops and vegetative barriers on corn stover availability and soil quality.”
María B. Villamil, Fernando E. Miguez, Germán A. Bollero • Unknown Hub (2008)
“Multivariate Analysis and Visualization of Soil Quality Data for NoTill Systems.”
Siqi Ma, Xuelei Zhang, Chao Gao, Daniel Tong, Aijun Xiu, Guangjian Wu, Xinyuan Cao, Ling Huang, Hongmei Zhao, Shichun Zhang, Sérgio Ibarra-Espinosa, Xin Wang, Xiaolan Li, Dan Mo • Unknown Hub (2019)
Gabrielle Roesch‐McNally, Andrea Basche, J. Gordon Arbuckle, John Tyndall, Fernando E. Miguez, Troy Bowman, Rebecca Clay • Unknown Hub (2017)
“Cover crops are known to promote many aspects of soil and water quality, yet estimates find that in 2012 only 2.3% of the total agricultural lands in the Midwest were using cover crops.”
Joseph A. Burke, Katie L. Lewis, Paul B. DeLaune, Christopher J. Cobos, J. Wayne Keeling • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Soil Water Dynamics and Cotton Production Following Cover Crop Use in a Semi-Arid Ecoregion.”
Teala S. Ficks, Heather D. Karsten, John M. Wallace • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Delayed cover-crop termination and reduced herbicide inputs produce trade-offs in soybean phase of US Northeast forage-grain rotation.”
David L. Wright, Jeff Moyer, Danielle Treadwell, Ian M. Small, Sheeja George • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Transitioning from Conventional to Organic Farming Using Conservation Tillage.”
Jessica Sherman, Eric O. Young • Unknown Hub (2022)
Jessica Sherman, Eric O. Young, Jason S. Cavadini • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Tillage and liquid dairy manure effects on overland flow nutrient and sediment loss potential in an Upper Midwest corn silage-winter triticale cropping system.”
Thioro Fall, Ariel Freidenreich, Stacy Swartz, Christopher Vincent, Li Y, Zachary Brym • Unknown Hub (2020)
“This document synthesizes information about the warm season cover crop sunn hemp. The question-and-answer format addresses frequently asked questions for growers.”
Steven C. Haring, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Bradley D. Hanson • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems.”
Calvin D. Meeks, John L. Snider, Stanley Culpepper, Gary L. Hawkins • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Applying plant-based irrigation scheduling to assess water use efficiency of cotton following a high-biomass rye cover crop.”
Rabin KC, Gregg A. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Strock, Nicholas R. Jordan, Axel García y García • Unknown Hub (2023)
Sapana Pokhrel, Rory O. Maguire, Wade E. Thomason, Ryan D. Stewart, Michael L. Flessner, Mark S. Reiter • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Soil health indicators for predicting corn nitrogen requirement in longterm cover cropping.”
Samuel I. Haruna • Unknown Hub (2024)
F. C. dos Santos, Manoel Ricardo de Albuquerque Filho, Johnny Rodrigues Soares, Tanjila Jesmin, Noel Manirakiza, M. C. T. da Silveira, I. de C. Mendes, Maria Inês Lopes de Oliveira, Suraj Melkani, Antônio Carlos Reis de Freitas, Juaci Vitória Malaquias, Jehangir H. Bhadha • Unknown Hub (2025)
“Organic matter: a critical soil health indicator in agrosystems within the Cerrado of Bahia, Brazil and South Florida, USA.”
Perejitei E. Bekewe, Jamie L. Foster, Clark Neely, Haly Neely, Katie L. Lewis, Lauren E. Tomlin, Ronnie W. Schnell, A. Peyton Smith, Thomas W. Boutton, Brandon Gerrish • Unknown Hub (2022)
Katie L. Black, Gregg A. Johnson, M. Scott Wells, Axel García y García, Jacob M. Jungers, Jeffrey S. Strock • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Landscape position influences perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas.”
G. Philip Robertson, Brook Wilke, Tayler C. Ulbrich, Nick M. Haddad, Stephen K. Hamilton, Dean G. Baas, Bruno Basso, Jennifer Blesh, Timothy J. Boring, Laura Campbell, K. A. Cassida, Christine Charles, Jiquan Chen, Julie E. Doll, Tian Guo, Alexandra Kravchenko, Douglas A. Landis, Sandra T. Marquart‐Pyatt, Maninder P. Singh, Christine D. Sprunger, Jason Stegink • Unknown Hub (2024)
“The Kellogg Biological Station Longterm Agroecosystem Research site (KBS LTAR) joined the national LTAR network in 2015 to represent a northeast portion of the North Central Region, extending across 76,000 km 2 of southern Michigan and northern Indiana.”
Alyssa N. Iverson, Thomas B. Moorman, Michelle L. Soupir, Amy J. Morrow • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Degradation of tetracycline, sulfamethazine, and tylosin in soil from prairie strips and row crops in Iowa.”
Maik Lucas, Linh T. T. Nguyen, Andrey Guber, Alexandra Kravchenko • Unknown Hub (2022)
Oladapo Adeyemi, Reza Keshavarz-Afshar, Emad Jahanzad, Martin Leonardo Battaglia, Yuan Luo, Amir Sadeghpour • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Wheat cover can impose a corn yield penalty (−12.6% in 2018). N timing matters under wet springs: in 2019, delayed/sidedress N improved NUE and yield vs more at-plant N. MRTN tools should account for cereal cover crops via N credit/adjustment.”
Katherine A. Dynarski, Skye Wills, Tiffany Carter, Ekundayo Adeleke, Divya Kandanool, Kristen S. Veum • Maharjan Lab (2025)
“The study demonstrates the utility of the USDA-NRCS ecological site approach for defining dynamic soil property benchmarks and thresholds associated with management alternatives, and can guide other global soil health benchmarking efforts.”
Yolima Carrillo, Colin Bell, Akihiro Koyama, Alberto Canarini, Claudia M. Boot, Matthew Wallenstein, Elise Pendall • Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2017)
“Soil stoichiometry, driven by plant chemical traits, appeared to be the strongest driver of priming. This shows that shifts in plant communities involving increases in N relative to P can cause carbon loss.”
Adam S. Davis • Unknown Hub (2010)
“Cover-Crop Roller–Crimper Contributes to Weed Management in No-Till Soybean.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Andrew Price • National Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2019)
“A three year on-farm conservation-tillage experiment was initiated in fall of 2008 at Randle Farm LLC, located in Auburn, AL.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Francisco J. Arriaga, Andrew J. Price • National Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2012)
“A field experiment was conducted in Cullman, AL, to evaluate the effects of three different rollers/crimpers on the termination of a winter cover crop, soil moisture, and yield of sweet corn in a no-till system.”
M. Scott Wells, Chris Reberg‐Horton, Steven B. Mirsky • Unknown Hub (2015)
“Planting Date Impacts on Soil Water Management, Plant Growth, and Weeds in CoverCropBased NoTill Corn Production.”
Cara M. Peterson, Harry H. Schomberg, Alondra I. Thompson, Steven B. Mirsky, Kate Tully • Unknown Hub (2025)
“In humid regions such as the mid-Atlantic United States, growers may not observe differences in soil moisture or temperature between mechanical or chemical termination methods.”
David E. Clay, Ronald Alverson, Jane M. F. Johnson, Douglas L. Karlen, Sharon A. Clay, Michael Wang, Stephanie A. Bruggeman, Shaina Westhoff • Unknown Hub (2018)
“Crop Residue Management Challenges: A Special Issue.”
Saurav Das, Sahila Beegum, Bharat Sharma Acharya, Dinesh Panday • Rodale Institute (2025)
Rita Seidel, Jeff Moyer, Kris Nichols, V. V. Bhosekar • Unknown Hub (2015)
Marianne Sarrantonio, T. W. Scott • Rodale Institute (1988)
“CT released more vetch N (recovery ~55–56% vs ~22–29% NT) and raised soil inorganic N, but yield depended on weather: NT benefited in a dry year (moisture), CT won in 1986. Manage for N–water tradeoffs.”
Klaus Lorenz, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Rattan Lal, Saurav Das, Andrew Smith • Rodale Institute (2025)
Laurie E. Drinkwater, Peggy Wagoner, Marianne Sarrantonio • Rodale Institute (1998)
“Long-term soil C and N gains aren’t just “more inputs.” Residue quality + crop-sequence diversity matter: low C:N organic residues and more temporally diverse rotations increased soil C/N retention.”
Rajan Ghimire, Binod Ghimire, Abdel O. Mesbah, Upendra M. Sainju, Omololu J. Idowu • NMSU Clovis (2019)
“Oat and its mixture with other cover crops show promises to improve soil health and resilience in semi-arid systems”
Vesh R. Thapa, Rajan Ghimire, Verónica Acosta-Martínez, Mark A. Marsalis, Meagan E. Schipanski • NMSU Clovis (2021)
“Cover cropping enhances microbial abundance, enzyme activity & C-N cycling in semi-arid systems”
Gernot Bodner, Axel Mentler, Katharina Keiblinger • Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2021)
“Rotations with a minimum duration of bare fallow periods and integration of cover crops contribute to structural soil properties.”
Andrea D. Basche, Oliver F. Edelson • Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2017)
“This study provides insight into how land use centered on agroecological principles affords greater water resilience, at multiple scales.”
Anuo, C. O., Li, L., Moreland, K. C., McFarlane, K. J., Malakar, A., Cooper, J. A., Maharjan, B., & Kaiser, M. • Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies (2024)
“Land use change from native grasslands to arable lands globally impacts soil ecosystem functions, including the storage of soil organic carb”
Tatiane Severo Silva, Lindsay Chamberlain Malone, Matthew D. Ruark, Chad D. Lee, David Jordan, Hanna J. Poffenbarger, Herman J. Kandel, Jeremy Ross, John M. Gaska, Joseph G. Lauer, Laura E. Lindsey, Maninder Pal Singh, Mark A. Licht, Michael Plumblee, Rachel A. Vann, Rodrigo Werle, Spyridon Mourtzinis, Seth L. Naeve, Trenton L. Roberts, Shawn P. Conley • Unknown Hub (2025)
Rajan Ghimire, Vesh R. Thapa, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Meagan Schipanski, Lindsey C. Slaughter, Steven J. Fonte, Manoj K. Shukla, Prakriti Bista, Sangamesh V. Angadi, Maysoon M. Mikha, Olufemi Adebayo, Tess Noble Strohm • NMSU Clovis (2023)
Peter Grace, G. Philip Robertson • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Soil carbon sequestration potential and the identification of hotspots in the eastern Corn Belt of the United States.”
Uriel D. Menalled, Sarah J. Pethybridge, Chris J. Pelzer, Richard G. Smith, Antonio DiTommaso, Matthew R. Ryan • Unknown Hub (2021)
“High seeding rates and low soil nitrogen environments optimize weed suppression and crop yield in organic no-till planted soybean.”
M. G. Mostofa Amin, Tamie L. Veith, James S. Shortle, Heather D. Karsten, Peter J. A. Kleinman • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Regulatory watershed mitigation programs typically emphasize widespread adoption of best management practices to meet total maximum daily loads. However, the spatial resolution of the bay-level model used to determine these load reduction goals is so coarse that the regulatory plan cannot consider heterogeneity in local conditions, which affects BMP effectiveness.”
Curtis J. Dell, Heather D. Karsten, Carrie A. M. Laboski, Thomas S. Adams, Sarah Goslee, Paul R. Adler • Unknown Hub (2024)
“The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment in the Upper Chesapeake Bay aims to evaluate diverse crop rotations that minimize the need for imported feed, maximize year-round living cover, and reduce nutrient losses.”
Maheteme Gebremedhin, Sait Sarr, Mark S. Coyne, Ann M. Freytag, K. R. Sistani • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Does potentially mineralizable nitrogen predict maize yield in newly cropped soil?.”
Sait Sarr, Mark S. Coyne, Maheteme Gebremedhin, Avinash M. Topè, Shreya V Patel • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Cover Crop and Fertility Effects on Escherichia coli Abundance in a Composted Poultry Litter-Amended Silt Loam Soil.”
Brandon E. McNellis, Anna C. Knight, Travis Nauman, S Chambers, Colby Brungard, Stephen E. Fick, Carolyn Livensperger, S Borthwick, Michael C. Duniway • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Livestock removal increases plant cover across a heterogeneous dryland landscape on the Colorado Plateau.”
Ayman Nassar, Alfonso F. Torres‐Rua, William P. Kustas, Joseph G. Alfieri, Lawrence E. Hipps, John H. Prueger, Héctor Nieto, María Mar Alsina, William A. White, L. McKee, Calvin Coopmans, Luis Sánchez, Nick Dokoozlian • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Assessing Daily Evapotranspiration Methodologies from One-Time-of-Day sUAS and EC Information in the GRAPEX Project.”
Md Ariful Haque, Seockmo Ku, Samuel I. Haruna • Unknown Hub (2024)
Partson Mubvumba, Heather L. Tyler • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Evaluation of single and mixed cover crop species in a sandy loam soil under corn production.”
Lihua Tian, Tao Wang, Song Cui, Yuan Li, Weiyang Gui, Feng Yang, Jihui Chen, Rui Dong, Xinyao Gu, Xuechun Zhao, Mingjun Zhang, Chao Chen, Zhou Li • Unknown Hub (2024)
Surendra Singh, Sindhu Jagadamma, Daniel C. Yoder, Xinhua Yin, Forbes Walker • Unknown Hub (2023)
“A weighted soil health index approach for refined assessment of soil health in cropping systems.”
Janntul Ferdush, Changyoon Jeong, Hwang‐Ju Jeon, Jim J. Wang, Kyoung S. Ro, Xi Zhang, Meesook Lee • Unknown Hub (2024)
Salah M. Alagele, D. Cole Diggins, Stephen H. Anderson, Ranjith P. Udawatta • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Cover crop and biofuel crop effects on hydraulic properties for claypan soils.”
Clare S. Sullivan, Markus Kleber • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Winter cover cropping to improve soil health in semiarid, irrigated cropping systems of Central Oregon.”
Ricardo St Aime, William C. Bridges, Sruthi Narayanan • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Fall–winter cover crops promote soil health and weed control in the southeastern clayey soils.”
Samuel I. Haruna, Robert C. Eichas, Olivia M. Peters, Alaina C. Farmer, Devin Q. Lackey, Julia E. Nichols, Wyatt H. Peterson, Neil A. Slone • Unknown Hub (2022)
Daniel Rath, Nathaniel Bogie, Leonardo Deiss, Sanjai J. Parikh, Daoyuan Wang, Samantha C. Ying, Nicole E. Tautges, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Kate M. Scow • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Synergy between compost and cover crops in a Mediterranean row crop system leads to increased subsoil carbon storage.”
Gevan D. Behnke, Nakian Kim, María B. Villamil • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Agronomic assessment of cover cropping and tillage practices across environments.”
Harry H. Schomberg, Kathryn E. White, Alondra I. Thompson, Gwendolyn A. Bagley, Allen Burke, Grace Garst, K. Ann Bybee‐Finley, Steven B. Mirsky • Unknown Hub (2023)
Elizabeth Perkus, Julie Grossman, Anne Pfeiffer, Mary Rogers, Carl J. Rosen • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Exploring Overwintered Cover Crops as a Soil Management Tool in Upper-Midwest High Tunnels.”
Sharon Perrone, Julie Grossman, Alex Liebman, M. Scott Wells, Thanwalee Sooksa-nguan, Nicholas R. Jordan • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Legume Cover Crop Contributions to Ecological Nutrient Management in Upper Midwest Vegetable Systems.”
D.A. Russell, Gurbir Singh, Nicolas E. Quintana‐Ashwell, Gurpreet Kaur, Drew M. Gholson, L. Jason Krutz, Kelly A. Nelson • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Cover crops and irrigation impacts on corn production and economic returns.”
Gigi DiGiacomo, Miriam F. Gieske, Julie Grossman, Krista Jacobsen, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Cary L. Rivard • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Economic trade-offs: analysis of winter cover crop use in organic tomato high tunnel systems across multiple regions.”
Ricardo St Aime, Enoch Noh, William C. Bridges, Sruthi Narayanan • Unknown Hub (2021)
“A comparison of drill and broadcast planting methods for biomass production of two legume cover crops.”
Corey Bryant, L. Jason Krutz, Daniel B. Reynolds, Martin A. Locke, Bobby R. Golden, T. Irby, R. Wade Steinriede, G. Dave Spencer, Brian E. Mills, C.W. Wood • Unknown Hub (2020)
Kong M. Wong, Marcus Griffiths, Amelia Moran, Andrea Johnston, Alexander Liu, Mitchell A Sellers, Christopher N. Topp • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Cover crop cultivars differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem services.”
Gurbir Singh, Madhav Dhakal, Gurpreet Kaur, Jon E. Schoonover, Karl W. J. Williard • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crops and landscape positions mediate corn–soybean production in southern Illinois.”
Alexandre Tonon Rosa, Cody F. Creech, Roger W. Elmore, Daran R. Rudnick, John L. Lindquist, Liberty Butts, Italo Kaye Pinho de Faria, Rodrigo Werle • Unknown Hub (2021)
Gurbir Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Karl W. J. Williard, Jon E. Schoonover • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Cover crops and tillage effects on carbon–nitrogen pools: A lysimeter study.”
Jyoti S. Jennewein, Brian T. Lamb, W. Dean Hively, Alison Thieme, Resham Thapa, Avi Goldsmith, Steven B. Mirsky • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Integrating satellite-based optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery to estimate winter cover crop biomass in cereal grasses.”
Dinesh Panday, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo • Unknown Hub (2021)
“No Tillage Improved Soil Pore Space Indices under Cover Crop and Crop Rotation.”
Sadia Alam Shammi, Yanbo Huang, Gary Feng, Haile Tewolde, Xin Zhang, Johnie N. Jenkins, Mark W. Shankle • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Application of UAV Multispectral Imaging to Monitor Soybean Growth with Yield Prediction through Machine Learning.”
Nathanael M. Thompson, Shalamar D. Armstrong, Richard Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Carson Reeling • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Shortrun net returns to a cereal rye cover crop mix in a midwest corn–soybean rotation.”
Teerath Rai, Nicole Lee, Martin Williams, Adam S. Davis, María B. Villamil, Hamze Dokoohaki • Unknown Hub (2023)
“A probabilistic assessment of winter cover crop impacts on regional crop yield and soil carbon.”
Kolby R. Grint, Nicholas J. Arneson, Francisco J. Arriaga, Ryan P. DeWerff, Maxwel C. Oliveira, Daniel H. Smith, David E. Stoltenberg, Rodrigo Werle • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crops and preemergence herbicides: An integrated approach for weed management in corn-soybean systems in the US Midwest.”
Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Marcelo Zimmer, Lucas O. R. Maia, Shalamar D. Armstrong, Bryan G. Young, William G. Johnson • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Field experiments were conducted at three locations in Indiana to assess weed suppression by cereal rye and residual herbicide premixes in no-till corn.”
Richard Roth, Kanru Chen, John R. Scott, Jinha Jung, Yang Yang, James J. Camberato, Shalamar D. Armstrong • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Prediction of Cereal Rye Cover Crop Biomass and Nutrient Accumulation using Multi-Temporal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Visible-Spectrum Vegetation Indices.”
Alejandro Plastina, Jyotsna Acharya, Fernando Marcos, Md. Rasel Parvej, Mark A. Licht, Alison E. Robertson • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable?.”
Kelsey L.H. Greub, Trenton L. Roberts • Unknown Hub (2022)
Srinivasa R. Pinnamaneni, Partson Mubvumba, Saseendran S. Anapalli, Krishna N. Reddy • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop improves soil physico-chemical properties with no influence on soybean root growth parameters.”
Amar S. Godar, Jason K. Norsworthy, L. Tom Barber • Unknown Hub (2024)
“This study investigated the effects of different cereal rye termination timings on weed control and corn performance in a two-pass herbicide program across 5 site-years in Arkansas, USA.”
Victor Hugo Vidal Ribeiro, Maxwel C. Oliveira, Daniel H. Smith, José Barbosa dos Santos, Rodrigo Werle • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Evaluating efficacy of preemergence soybean herbicides using field treated soil in greenhouse bioassays.”
Helen MacGill Hughes, Shelby C. McClelland, Meagan E. Schipanski, Jonathan Hillier • Unknown Hub (2023)
Hannah L. Decker, Audrey V. Gamble, Kipling S. Balkcom, Anna M. Johnson, Noah R. Hull • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crop monocultures and mixtures affect soil health indicators and crop yield in the southeast United States.”
Yurui Xie, Zachary E. Black, Nan Xu, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Dustin Huff, Xin Zhao • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Influence of Sunn Hemp Biomass Incorporation on Organic Strawberry Production.”
Jianyu Li, Xin Zhao, Gabriel Maltais‐Landry, Bodh R. Paudel • Unknown Hub (2020)
“The dynamics of soil nitrogen availability following soil incorporation of sunn hemp in organic strawberry production systems in Florida.”
Ariel Freidenreich, Sanku Dattamudi, Li Y, K. Jayachandran • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Sunn hemp and velvet bean intercropped with young carambola trees in a no-till tropical fruit orchard.”
Jacob H. Felsman, Ahmadreza Mobli, José J. Nunes, Ryan P. DeWerff, David E. Stoltenberg, Christopher A. Baxter, Rodrigo Werle • Unknown Hub (2025)
“Weed management programs utilizing high biomass cereal rye cover crop in Wisconsin soybean production systems are increasing in popularity.”
Annu Kumari, Andrew J. Price, Nicholas E. Korres, Audrey V. Gamble, Steve Li • Unknown Hub (2023)
“A field experiment was conducted to estimate the influence of a high biomass crimson clover cover crop and conservation tillage on the critical period of weed control in corn.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. Kichler • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Effectiveness of Cover Crop Termination Methods on No-Till Cantaloupe.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. Kichler • Unknown Hub (2023)
“A field experiment was conducted at the National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn, AL, USA, between the summers of 2015 and 2017 to determine the effectiveness of an experimental roller/crimper in mechanically terminating summer cover crops.”
Ted S. Kornecki • Unknown Hub (2020)
“A three-year replicated field experiment was initiated in the fall of 2014 to determine the effects of recurring rolling by experimental rollers/crimpers in terminating a cereal rye cover crop in central Alabama and how multiple rolling affected soil strength.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Manuel R. Reyes • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Equipment Development for Small and Urban Conservation Farming Systems.”
Cordelia H. Machanoff, Matthew C. Vann, Alex Woodley, David H. Suchoff • Unknown Hub (2022)
Ted S. Kornecki • Unknown Hub (2020)
“A 3-year experiment was initiated in Alabama to determine the effectiveness of a 4-stage roller/crimper in increasing termination rates for cereal rye compared to 2-stage and spiral rollers.”
Jess M. Bunchek, John M. Wallace, William S. Curran, David A. Mortensen, Mark J. VanGessel, Barbara A. Scott • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Alternative performance targets for integrating cover crops as a proactive herbicide-resistance management tool.”
Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez-Herrera, Jeffrey P. Mitchell, Anil Shrestha • Unknown Hub (2025)
“Potential of cover crop use and termination with a roller-crimper in a strip-till silage maize production system in the Central Valley of California.”
Ted S. Kornecki, Corey M. Kichler • National Soil Dynamics Laboratory (2022)
“A no-till experiment was conducted in Auburn, AL U.S.A. to evaluate the effectiveness of an experimental two-stage roller/crimper in reoccurring rolling over the same area planted with a cereal rye-crimson clover cover crop mix and its influence on bush bean yield.”
Oladapo Adeyemi, Reza Keshavarz Afshar, Emad Jahanzad, Martín Leonardo Battaglia, Luo Yuan, Amir Sadeghpour • Unknown Hub (2020)
“A two-year field trail was conducted to evaluate whether split N application affects nitrogen use efficiency of corn with and without a wheat cover crop.”
Ziliang Zhang, Jason P. Kaye, Brosi A. Bradley, Joseph P. Amsili, Vidya Suseela • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crop functional types differentially alter the content and composition of soil organic carbon in particulate and mineralassociated fractions.”
Dylan Bruce, Erin Silva, Julie C. Dawson • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Cover crop-based reduced tillage (CCBRT) systems can provide multiple benefits in cucurbit cropping systems, including potential to reduce spread of soil-borne pathogens, minimize erosion, and decrease weed pressure.”
Haley Rylander, Anusuya Rangarajan, Ryan M. Maher, Mark G. Hutton, Nicholas W. Rowley, M. T. McGrath, Zachary F. Sexton • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Black plastic tarps applied on the soil surface and removed at planting can help suppress weeds before planting and reduce farmers’ reliance on tillage.”
Joby M. Prince Czarnecki, Beth H. Baker, Jing Hu, John Prevost • Unknown Hub (2024)
“Cover crops and reduced tillage did not alter soil chemistry in first 3 years.”
Kirsten A. Pearsons, Craig A. Chase, Emmanuel C. Omondi, Gladis M. Zinati, Andrew Smith, Yichao Rui • Rodale Institute (2023)
Bhupinder S. Farmaha, Udayakumar Sekaran, Alan J. Franzluebbers • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Cover cropping and conservation tillage improve soil health in the southeastern United States.”
E. J. Kladivko, L. C. Bowling • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Longterm impacts of drain spacing, crop management, and weather on nitrate leaching to subsurface drains.”
Amitava Chatterjee • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Sugarbeet response to interactions between fallseeded cover crop and fertilizer nitrogen application time.”
Andrew M. Bierer, April B. Leytem, Robert S. Dungan, Amber Moore, David L. Bjorneberg • Unknown Hub (2021)
“Insufficient characterization of soil organic carbon dynamics in semi-arid climates contributes uncertainty to SOC sequestration estimates. This study estimated changes in SOC (0–30 cm depth) due to variations in manure management, tillage regime, winter cover crop, and crop rotation in southern Idaho (USA). Empirical data were used to drive the Denitrification Decomposition model in a “default” and calibrated capacity and forecast SOC levels until 2050.”
David Weisberger, Ramón G. León, Chandler E. Gruner, Matthew R. Levi, Nandita Gaur, Gaylon D. Morgan, Nicholas T. Basinger • Unknown Hub (2023)
“The effects of annual and perennial cover crops on Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) population dynamics.”
Muhammad Adnan Shahid, KeAndre Leaks, Ann R. Blount, Cheryl Mackowiak • Unknown Hub (2023)
“Perennial Peanut as a Potential Living Mulch and Nitrogen Source for Citrus and Other Orchard Crops in Florida.”
Koon‐Hui Wang, Philip Waisen, Alan W. Leslie, Roshan Paudel, Susan L. F. Meyer, Cerruti R. R. Hooks • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Relationships between Soil Tillage Systems, Nematode Communities and Weed Seed Predation.”
N. S. Hill, Matthew R. Levi, Nicholas T. Basinger, Aaron Thompson, M. L. Cabrera, Jason G. Wallace, Eri Saikawa, Alexander Avramov, Jill Mullican • Unknown Hub (2021)
“White clover living mulch enhances soil health vs. annual cover crops.”
Hanxia Li, N. S. Hill, Jason G. Wallace • Unknown Hub (2023)
“A perennial living mulch system fosters a more diverse and balanced soil bacterial community.”
Chandler Edwin Gruener, Matthew R. Levi, Nicholas T. Basinger, M. L. Cabrera, N. S. Hill • Unknown Hub (2025)
“The effect of a white clover living mulch on nutrient cycling in a cotton production system in the Georgia Piedmont.”
Samuel J. W. Peters, Eri Saikawa, Daniel Markewitz, Lori A. Sutter, Alexander Avramov, Zachary P. Sanders, Benjamin Yosen, Ken Wakabayashi, Geoffrey Martin, Joshua S. Andrews, N. S. Hill • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Soil trace gas fluxes in living mulch and conventional agricultural systems.”
Colin Tobin, Shikha Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Tong Wang, Peter Sexton • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Integrated crop-livestock systems can improve soil health and economic benefits in South Dakota.”
Samuel I. Haruna, Nsalambi V. Nkongolo • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Influence of cover crop, tillage, and crop rotation management on soil nutrients.”
Komlan Koudahe, Samuel Allen, Koffi Djaman • Unknown Hub (2022)
“Critical review of the impact of cover crops on soil properties.”
Nakian Kim, María Celina Zabaloy, Kaiyu Guan, María B. Villamil • Unknown Hub (2020)
“Do cover crops benefit soil microbiome? A meta-analysis of current research.”
ERIC B. BRENNAN, RICHARD F. SMITH • Unknown Hub (2006)
“Weed Suppression”
J.G. Arbuckle, G. Roesch-McNally • Unknown Hub (2015)
“Socioeconomics of cover crop”
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Rodale Institute
Pastureland Conservation Assessment Studies
National Soil Dynamics Laboratory
NMSU Clovis
Maharjan Lab
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National Institute of Food and Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service
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