Effectiveness of Conservation Crop Rotation for Water Pollutant Reduction from Agricultural Areas.

ABSTRACT: Legumes included in corn-based crop rotation systems provide a variety of benefits to the subsequent crops and potentially to the environment. This review aims to synthesize available data from the literature on legume N credits and the effects of crop rotations on water quality, as well as to analyze the cost benefits associated with different legume-corn rotation systems. We found that there was much variation in reported values for legume N credits to subsequent corn crops, from both empirical results and recommendations made by U.S. land grant universities. But despite inherent complexity, accounting for this contribution is critical when estimating optimal N fertilizer application rates as part of nutrient management. Results from research on the influence of crop rotations on water q

SUBMITTER: Koropeckyj-Cox L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359213 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature