An online toolbox for cover crops and living mulches (original) (raw)
Crossland, Mary; Fradgley, Nick; Creissen, Henry; Howlett, Sally; Baresel, Jörg Peter; Finckh, Maria R. and Girling, Robbie (2015) An online toolbox for cover crops and living mulches. In:Aspects of Applied Biology , 129, pp. 1-6.
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Summary in the original language of the document
Cover crops and living mulches form an integral component of conservation agriculture promoting soil health and minimising external inputs. The OSCAR Project (Optimising Subsidiary Crop Applications in Rotation) aims to improve practices of conservation agriculture in farming systems across Europe. The principal output of the project is to develop a toolbox to make technical and scientific information publically available to farmers, researchers, and other stakeholders. The continually evolving toolbox is currently available online at www.covercrops.eu and will consist of three facets (1) An interactive user-fed wiki providing information on subsidiary crops species and machinery use with links to published literature. (2) A searchable database on subsidiary crops and technology. This will detail climatic and soil specific plant traits and will form a decision support tool to aid choices of subsidiary crops. (3) A discussion forum will also facilitate the exchange of information between farmers, researchers and stakeholders on conservation agricultural systems across European countries.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | Subsidiary crops, cover crops, living mulches, conservation agriculture, online toolbox |
| Subjects: | Soil > Soil quality Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Knowledge management > Education, extension and communication Crop husbandry > Weed management |
| Research affiliation: | Germany > University of Applied Science Weihenstephan Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Ecological Plant Protection Germany > University of Munich - TUM European Union > 7th Framework Programme > OSCAR UK > Organic Research Centre (ORC) |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 289277 |
| ISSN: | 0265-1491 |
| Deposited By: | Fradgley, Mr Nick |
| ID Code: | 29405 |
| Deposited On: | 29 Oct 2015 09:20 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2015 09:20 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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