Cover crops and sustainable agriculture / editors, Rafiq Islam, Program Director, Soil, Water and Bioenergy Resources, Ohio State University, Piketon, Ohio, USA, Bradford Sherman, Publications Editor, Ohio State University, Piketon, Ohio, USA.

"This book may not be known as the "encyclopedia of cover crop management," but its close. The economic and environmental benefits of individual cover crops and blends/mixes for specific agronomic crop rotations and geographic locations are included. Photos and illustrations show how cover crops look in the field, both above and below ground. The book includes details on the "hows" for successful cover cropping: how to choose cover crops for specific situations; how to plant; and how to terminate. As part of a continuous no-till system, cover crops provide long-term soil benefits and an economic return through higher yields"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents:
Introduction to Cover Crops

Rafiq Islam, Nataliia Didenko, and Bradford Sherman

Benefits of Cover Crops on Agronomic Crop Yield

Kateryna Chorna

Potential and Challenges of Growing Cover Crops in Organic Production Systems

Sutie Xu, Sindhu Jagadamma, Renata Nave Oakes, Song Cui, Erin Byers, and Zhou Li

Cover Crops in Vegetable Production and Urban Farming in Sub-Saharan Countries

Michael Kwabena Osei, Mavis Akom, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, Samuel Oppong Abebrese, Kwabena Asare Bediako and Richard Agyare

Algorithms to optimize cropping diversity with cover crops

Romashchenko M., Matiash T. , Bohaienko V., Kovalchuk V., and Lukashuk V.

Sustainable suppression of weeds through ecological use of cover crops

Shawn T. Lucas

Cover crops for pests and soil-borne disease control and insect diversity

Nataliia Didenko, Vira Konovalova, Somayyeh Razzaghi, Alimata Bandaogo, Sougata Bardhan, and Alan Sundermeier

Cover Crops for Forages and Livestock Grazing

Riti Chatterjee

Cover crops’ effect on soil quality and soil health

M. A. Rahman

Cover Crops for Orchard Soil Management

Biswajit Das, B.K. Kandpal and H. Lembisana Devi

Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon, and Conservation Agriculture

Reicosky, D.C., Ademir Calegari, Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos, and Tales Tiecher

Cover crops and soil nitrogen cycling

Nitu, T.T., U.M. Milu, and M.M.R. Jahangir

Effect of Cover Crops on Soil Biology

Harit K. Bal

Cover cropping improves soil quality and physical properties

Yillmaz Bayhan

Cover Crops Effects on Soil Erosion and Water Quality

Beenish Saba and Ann D. Christy

Effects of cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions

Somayyeh Razzaghi

Cover crops influence soil microbial and biochemical properties

Amoakwah, E.

Economics of Cover Crops

Mohammad S. Rahman and James J. Hoorman Provided by publisher.