Cover cropping is a practice that can benefit soil-crop systems in several ways: increasing
nitrogen (N) supply for the next crop, reducing soil erosion, improving soil physical properties, …

Because winter legume cover crops may provide significant quantities of N while conserving
soil and water resources, the role of legumes in conservation tillage production systems …

Winter legume cover crops have been shown to provide significant amounts of N to subsequent
nonleguminous crops, but benefits beyond those directly attributed to N are rarely cited. …

… However, n was considerably reduced as the Al content of the organic matter increased (Hargrove
& Thomas, 1982a). This reaction indicates that the behavior of organic matter is …

The substrate-induced respiration (SIR) method was modified and adapted to measure
fungal, bacterial and total microbial contributions to glucose-induced respiration and the …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) was assessed in a long‐term (19 yr) experiment comparing
conventional tillage (CT) and no‐tillage (NT) management systems and various winter cover crop …

The N contained in winter cover crops (particularly legumes) is a potentially important
source of N for succeeding crops. The purpose of this study was to determine N release from …

Residues of six plant species were incubated in the field and analyzed for decomposition
rates, fungal, bacterial and total substrate-induced respiration (SIR), total fungal and bacterial …

“Strategies” to sustain crop productivity by reducing the fertilizer and lime demands must be
developed. The use of plant species that use more efficiently the soil nutrients and tillage …

Highly weathered soils of the Southeastern USA are poorly structured and may present
special problems under continuous no‐tillage production. Soil physical properties were …