No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term
A long-term annual crop study in Five Points, California, shows that the combined use of no-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improves soil health compared to conventional practices common to the region. Several chemical, biological, and physical soil health indicators were improve...
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| author | Jeffrey P. Mitchell Shannon B. Cappellazzi Rad Schmidt Jessica Chiartas Anil Shrestha Don Reicosky Howard Ferris Xiaoke Zhang Teamrat A. Ghezzehei Samuel Araya Courtland Kelly Steven J. Fonte Sarah E. Light Garrett Liles Tom Willey Robert Roy Monte Bottens Cary Crum William R. Horwath Geoffrey M. Koch Kate M. Scow |
| author_facet | Jeffrey P. Mitchell Shannon B. Cappellazzi Rad Schmidt Jessica Chiartas Anil Shrestha Don Reicosky Howard Ferris Xiaoke Zhang Teamrat A. Ghezzehei Samuel Araya Courtland Kelly Steven J. Fonte Sarah E. Light Garrett Liles Tom Willey Robert Roy Monte Bottens Cary Crum William R. Horwath Geoffrey M. Koch Kate M. Scow |
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| description | A long-term annual crop study in Five Points, California, shows that the combined use of no-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improves soil health compared to conventional practices common to the region. Several chemical, biological, and physical soil health indicators were improved when these practices were combined. Our data suggest that farmers stand to gain multiple synergistic benefits from the integrated use of these practices by increasing soil structural stability, water infiltration and storage, and agroecosystem biodiversity, and improving the efficiencies of the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles of their production systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-faa6dd14d5cb4d2191eda50e5a3b6c622025-08-20T03:02:56ZengUniversity of California Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCalifornia Agriculture0008-08452160-80912024-05-0178210.3733/001c.94714No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long termJeffrey P. MitchellShannon B. CappellazziRad SchmidtJessica ChiartasAnil ShresthaDon ReicoskyHoward FerrisXiaoke ZhangTeamrat A. GhezzeheiSamuel ArayaCourtland KellySteven J. FonteSarah E. LightGarrett LilesTom WilleyRobert RoyMonte BottensCary CrumWilliam R. HorwathGeoffrey M. KochKate M. ScowA long-term annual crop study in Five Points, California, shows that the combined use of no-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improves soil health compared to conventional practices common to the region. Several chemical, biological, and physical soil health indicators were improved when these practices were combined. Our data suggest that farmers stand to gain multiple synergistic benefits from the integrated use of these practices by increasing soil structural stability, water infiltration and storage, and agroecosystem biodiversity, and improving the efficiencies of the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles of their production systems.https://doi.org/10.3733/001c.94714 |
| spellingShingle | Jeffrey P. Mitchell Shannon B. Cappellazzi Rad Schmidt Jessica Chiartas Anil Shrestha Don Reicosky Howard Ferris Xiaoke Zhang Teamrat A. Ghezzehei Samuel Araya Courtland Kelly Steven J. Fonte Sarah E. Light Garrett Liles Tom Willey Robert Roy Monte Bottens Cary Crum William R. Horwath Geoffrey M. Koch Kate M. Scow No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term California Agriculture |
| title | No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term |
| title_full | No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term |
| title_fullStr | No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term |
| title_full_unstemmed | No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term |
| title_short | No-tillage, surface residue retention, and cover crops improved San Joaquin Valley soil health in the long term |
| title_sort | no tillage surface residue retention and cover crops improved san joaquin valley soil health in the long term |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3733/001c.94714 |
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