2018
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-018-0546-y
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Cover crops reduce water drainage in temperate climates: A meta-analysis

Abstract: Cover crops provide many ecosystem services, such as soil protection, nitrate pollution of water mitigation, and green manure effects. However, the impact of cover crops on soil water balance is poorly studied, despite its potential impact on groundwater recharge. Some studies reported a reduction of the water drainage due to an increase of the evapotranspiration by plant cover transpiration. However, there is no real consensus on the intensity of this phenomenon, which highlights the importance to quantify th… Show more

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“…The third (CRP3) is the same of CRP2, but red clover is used instead of rye. Red clover provides many benefits such as fixing nitrogen to meet the needs of the following crop, protecting soil from erosion, competing with weeds, as well as supplying forage [54]. Finally, a mixed scenario was tested combining the strategies implemented in other scenarios: (i) reduction of mineral nitrogen fertilizer in all crop fields (2208 HRUs) (NMIN); (ii) manure application below 170 kg N/ha (MAN170); (iii) use of red clover as cover crop after harvesting corn (CRP3).…”
Section: Scenario Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The third (CRP3) is the same of CRP2, but red clover is used instead of rye. Red clover provides many benefits such as fixing nitrogen to meet the needs of the following crop, protecting soil from erosion, competing with weeds, as well as supplying forage [54]. Finally, a mixed scenario was tested combining the strategies implemented in other scenarios: (i) reduction of mineral nitrogen fertilizer in all crop fields (2208 HRUs) (NMIN); (ii) manure application below 170 kg N/ha (MAN170); (iii) use of red clover as cover crop after harvesting corn (CRP3).…”
Section: Scenario Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Outros autores mostraram que plantas de cobertura aumentaram tanto a capacidade de retenção de água quanto a permeabilidade do solo (COLLA et al, 2000), melhoraram a infiltração da água no solo (JOYCE et al, 2002), estruturaram o solo, aumentando a disponibilidade de água (CHEN et al, 2014;BASCHE et al, 2016a;YU et al, 2016) e reduziram a evaporação da água devido à cobertura do solo, resultando em maiores teores de água no solo na camada superficial (WAGNER-RIDDLE et al, 1997). Meyer et al (2019) observaram ainda que a grande maioria dos estudos com plantas de cobertura descreveu uma redução na drenagem e mais de 50% dos estudos descreveram uma redução em uma faixa de 10 a 40 mm ao ano.…”
Section: Plantas De Cobertura Em Sistema De Plantio Diretounclassified
“…Contribui, ainda com uma maior infiltração de água, melhoria na condução e armazenagem de água (ESHEL et al, 2015;YU et al, 2016) bem como numa melhor distribuição de água no perfil do solo (ALONSO-AYUSO et al, 2014). Embora haja estudos que confirmem estes efeitos, deve-se levar em consideração que estas mudanças no solo ocorrem de forma lenta e gradual e que a sua magnitude depende do clima e do solo (MEYER et al, 2019).…”
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