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A preliminary study of the role of cover crops in improving soil fertility and yield for potato production

Date

Authors

Little, Stuart

Hocking, Peter

Greene, Richard

Publisher

Marcel Dekker Inc.

Abstract

This study examined the potential of cover crops (fodder rape, oats, and white lupin) to improve phosphorus (P) availability in a high P-fixing Red Ferrosol soil at Robertson, New South Wales. Of particular interest was a fourth cover crop that consisted

Keywords

Keywords: cover crop; crop yield; nutrient availability; soil fertility; article; cover crop; crop management; grazing; lupin; nonhuman; oat; potato; rapeseed; soil fertility; Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Avena; Rhizoctonia; Sinapis arvensis; Solanum tu

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79055

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1081/CSS-120029726

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