IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/adp/artoaj/v25y2021i2p133-140.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Effect of Sowing Date on Biomass and Nitrogen Accumulation of Five Winter Cover Crop Species

Author

Listed:
  • Merili Toom
  • Sirje Tamm
  • Ilmar Tamm
  • Ãœlle Tamm
  • Lea Narits
  • Liina Edesi
  • Tiina Talve
  • Andres Mäe

    (Estonian Crop Research Institute, J Aamisepa 1, 48309 Jõgeva, Estonia)

  • Liina Talgre
  • Enn Lauringson

    (Estonian Crop Research Institute, J Aamisepa 1, 48309 Jõgeva, Estonia)

  • Inga Hiiesalu

    (Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Abstract

Winter cover crops are used to protect soil from nitrogen (N) loss in fallow periods of crop production. For sufficient N accumulation, it is essential to produce high amount of biomass, and therefore it is important to sow cover crop as early as possible after the main crop harvest. A two-year field experiment was carried out in northern climate to study the effect of sowing date on biomass and N accumulation of five winter cover crop species: winter rye (Secale cereale L.), winter turnip rape (Brassica rapa spp. oleifera L.), forage radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. longipinnatus), hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth), and berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.).

Suggested Citation

  • Merili Toom & Sirje Tamm & Ilmar Tamm & Ãœlle Tamm & Lea Narits & Liina Edesi & Tiina Talve & Andres Mäe & Liina Talgre & Enn Lauringson & Inga Hiiesalu, 2021. "The Effect of Sowing Date on Biomass and Nitrogen Accumulation of Five Winter Cover Crop Species," Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 25(2), pages 133-140, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:artoaj:v:25:y:2021:i:2:p:133-140
    DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2021.25.556308
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/artoaj/pdf/ARTOAJ.MS.ID.556308.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://juniperpublishers.com/artoaj/ARTOAJ.MS.ID.556308.php
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.19080/ARTOAJ.2021.25.556308?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Merili Toom & Sirje Tamm & Liina Talgre & Ilmar Tamm & Ülle Tamm & Lea Narits & Inga Hiiesalu & Andres Mäe & Enn Lauringson, 2019. "The Effect of Cover Crops on the Yield of Spring Barley in Estonia," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-8, August.
    2. Marcillo, Guillermo S. & Carlson, Sarah & Filbert, Meghan & Kaspar, Thomas & Plastina, Alejandro & Miguez, Fernando E., 2019. "Maize system impacts of cover crop management decisions: A simulation analysis of rye biomass response to planting populations in Iowa, U.S.A," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mohamed Allam & Emanuele Radicetti & Mortadha Ben Hassine & Aftab Jamal & Zainul Abideen & Roberto Mancinelli, 2023. "A Meta-Analysis Approach to Estimate the Effect of Cover Crops on the Grain Yield of Succeeding Cereal Crops within European Cropping Systems," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Dardonville, Manon & Legrand, Baptiste & Clivot, Hugues & Bernardin, Claire & Bockstaller, Christian & Therond, Olivier, 2022. "Assessment of ecosystem services and natural capital dynamics in agroecosystems," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    3. Lucas Clay & Katharine Perkins & Marzieh Motallebi & Alejandro Plastina & Bhupinder Singh Farmaha, 2020. "The Perceived Benefits, Challenges, and Environmental Effects of Cover Crop Implementation in South Carolina," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-14, August.
    4. Yu Sun & Yonghua Lu & Zichun Wang & Mingyue Li, 2021. "Production efficiency and change characteristics of China’s apple industry in terms of planting scale," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(7), pages 1-15, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:adp:artoaj:v:25:y:2021:i:2:p:133-140. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Robert Thomas (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.