Impact of crop residue management on crop production and soil chemistry after seven years of crop rotation in temperate climate, loamy soils.

ABSTRACT: Society is increasingly demanding a more sustainable management of agro-ecosystems in a context of climate change and an ever growing global population. The fate of crop residues is one of the important management aspects under debate, since it represents an unneglectable quantity of organic matter which can be kept in or removed from the agro-ecosystem. The topic of residue management is not new, but the need for global conclusion on the impact of crop residue management on the agro-ecosystem linked to local pedo-climatic conditions has become apparent with an increasing amount of studies showing a diversity of conclusions. This study specifically focusses on temperate climate and loamy soil using a seven-year data set. Between 2008 and 2016, we compared four contrasting residue managemen

SUBMITTER: Hiel MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5970559 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature