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Single- versus Double-Species Cover Crop Effects on Soil Health and Yield in Mississippi Soybean Fields

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AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 11, 期 11, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11112334

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cover crops; soil health; soil enzymes; microbial biomass; conservation management; no tillage; soybean

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Conservation management practices, such as cover crops, can improve soil health and crop yield, but their adoption is not widespread due to concerns about yield reduction. This study found that a two-species cover crop treatment of rye and crimson clover increased soil health parameters and had a positive impact on soybean yield, particularly in no-till plots. Further research on different cover crop combinations is needed to better understand their impact on soil health and crop yield.
Conservation management practices can improve soil health while minimizing deleterious effects of agriculture on the environment. However, adoption of these practices, particularly cover crops, is not widespread, as they often reduce crop yields compared to traditional management practices. The purpose of the current study was to determine if a two-species cover crop treatment of rye (Secale cereale L.) and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.) could increase soil health parameters and maximize soybean (Glycine max L.) yield greater than rye only in tilled and no-till Mississippi field soils. Enhanced microbial biomass and organic matter input from cover crops increased the activities of beta-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis, N-acetylglucosaminidase, and phosphatase in surface soils. Rye plus clover tended to elicit higher activities than rye only in no-till plots. Both cover crop treatments inhibited soybean yield in tilled plots by 11-25%. These results indicate that tillage exacerbates yield inhibition by cover crops in soybean and that double-species cover crop treatments were more consistent in increasing activities linked to nutrient cycling. Further study examining different combinations of cover crops in no-till systems is necessary to gain a better understanding of how they can be implemented to enhance soil health while maximizing crop yield.

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