Agriculture study on cover crops mixtures delivers unexpected results

PHYSorg
Sep 6, 2023, 6:38 pm192 pts
Farmers usually plant cover crops after harvesting their main crop. This prevents erosion of the soil and nutrient leaching. The roots of these crops also stabilize the structure of the soil. It had been assumed that a mixture of different cover crops would result in particularly intensive rooting.

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