Living mulches for weed control and soil health in arable systems
Living mulches reduce annual weeds and herbicide use while enhancing soil health and biodiversity in cereal systems.
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Detail description
Living mulches are leguminous understories in cereal crops that suppress annual weeds, fix nitrogen, and maintain soil cover. They improve soil health, support beneficial insects, and reduce herbicide use. Effective with spring-sown cereals and low-growing clovers like AberAce and AberHerald, they require careful species selection and management to control perennial weeds, especially in organic systems.
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Contribution detail info
- Project
Oper8
European Thematic Network for unlocking the full potential of Operational Groups on alternative weed control
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Authors
- The Organic Research Centre
- Purpose
- Apply ready-to-use practices, Implement best practices
- File type
- document
- Created on
- May 31, 2025
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- Oper8
- License
- CC BY-SA
- Keywords