Datasets supporting the adoption of multifunctional cover crops related to soil water and nitrogen in water-limited environments.

ABSTRACT: Crop diversification with cover crops could deliver a wide range of agroecosystem services including water conservation, nutrient cycling, biodiversity, and crop productivity as well as reducing the negative environmental footprint of conventional fallows. However, the potential competition of cover crops and subsequent cash crops on plant available water and soil mineral nitrogen (N) has limited the adoption of cover cropping for fallow replacement in water-limited environments. This article provides datasets for understanding the multifunctional role of cover crops as an alternative paradigm to conventional fallow in water-limited environments. The dataset is divided into four components comprising measured cover crop parameters (21 variables, n = 144), soil water (4 variables,

SUBMITTER: Garba II 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803925 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature