Cover Crops for Soil Health and Weed Management in NW Spain
Cover crop integration in Galician horticultural systems for non-chemical weed management
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Detail description
Cover crops are a key agroecological strategy in NW Spain’s Atlantic horticultural systems, offering effective weed suppression through competition, shading, and allelopathy. Species like rye, oats, vetch, clover, and forage radish improve soil structure, increase organic matter, and enhance climate resilience. They reduce erosion, retain moisture, and prevent nutrient leaching. Successful integration depends on tailored species mixtures and termination timing in crop rotations.
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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
- Spain
- Authors
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- Purpose
- Implement best practices, Learn and develop skills
- File type
- document
- Created on
- May 31, 2025
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- Oper8
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Keywords