Microbial respiration gives early indication of soil health improvement following cover crops

BS Crookston, MA Yost, M Bowman… - Journal of Soil and …, 2023 - jswconline.org
Farmer participatory research in soil health is important to evaluating soil conservation
practices like cover crops on working farms. The Soil Health Partnership (SHP) was a large …

Cover crop management practices to promote soil health and climate adaptation: Grappling with varied success from farmer and researcher observations

J Gutknecht, A Journey, H Peterson… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil health is a pathway through which farm and environmental outcomes can be improved
together on agricultural landscapes, and management to improve soil health is increasingly …

Living cover crops have immediate impacts on soil microbial community structure and function

DM Finney, JS Buyer, JP Kaye - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2017 - jswconline.org
Cover cropping is a widely promoted strategy to enhance soil health in agricultural systems.
Despite a substantial body of literature demonstrating links between cover crops and soil …

On-farm soil health assessment of cover-cropping in Florida

JH Bhadha, N Xu, A Rabbany… - Sustainable …, 2021 - ebooks.manu2sent.com
Conventional cropping systems on sandy soils require continuous application of large
amounts of external nutrients and irrigation water yet remain vulnerable to loses of these …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying cover crop effects on soil health and productivity

J Jian, X Du, RD Stewart - Data in brief, 2020 - Elsevier
The dataset presented here supports the research paper entitled “A calculator to quantify
cover crop effects on soil health and productivity”. Soil health (sometimes used …

Short‐term effects of cover crops on soil microbial characteristics and biogeochemical processes across actively managed farms

MS Strickland, WE Thomason, B Avera… - Agrosystems …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas The effect of cover crops on soil microbes and biogeochemistry was examined.
Cover crops increase microbial biomass and bioavailable soil carbon. Increasing cover crop …

What we talk about when we talk about soil health

RD Stewart, J Jian, AJ Gyawali… - Agricultural & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Despite nationwide emphasis on soil health in the USA, current measurements
lack consistency. A meta‐analysis showed 8 of 42 soil health indicators reported> 20% of …

[HTML][HTML] An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments

D Liptzin, CE Norris, SB Cappellazzi… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely tied to soil health. However, additional biological
indicators may also provide insight about C dynamics and microbial activity. We used SOC …

Soil health improvements from using a novel perennial grain during the transition to organic production

M Rakkar, JM Jungers, C Sheaffer, G Bergquist… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic crop production is a growing part of the agricultural economy. The transition from a
conventional to an organic cropping system, while complying with certification guidelines, is …

Cropping management in a livestock–pasture–crop integration modifies microbial communities, activity, and soil health score

DS Menefee, H Collins, D Smith… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding indicators of soil health is crucial for developing agricultural systems that are
sustainable and climate resilient. Labile soil carbon (C), microbial properties, and nutrient …