Legume Cover Crops as One of the Elements of StrategicWeed Management and Soil Quality Improvement. A Review

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dc.contributor.authorKocira, Anna
dc.contributor.authorStaniak, Mariola
dc.contributor.authorTomaszewska, Marzena
dc.contributor.authorKornas, Rafał
dc.contributor.authorCymerman, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorPanasiewicz, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorLipińska, Halina
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-30T12:54:51Z
dc.date.available2026-01-30T12:54:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe benefits of conservation practices increased the interest of farmers in the cultivation of cover crops (CCs). This review aims to present and analyze the state of the art on the cultivation of legume CCs, including their importance in protecting crops against weeds, as well as their e ects on organic matter and nitrogen content in the soil, physical and biological properties of the soil, and its erosion. The multi-purpose character of legume CCs is visible in their positive effect on reducing weed infestation, but also on the soil: reducing its compaction and erosion, improving its structural and hydraulic properties, increasing the content of organic matter and activity of soil microorganisms, or increasing its nitrogen content due to symbiotic N2 fixing. This review demonstrates that a wider use of legume CCs in organic farming is needed. The benefits of legume CCs for successive crops in these cultivation conditions, both in terms of inhibiting weed populations and improving fertility and soil properties, also need to be identified. Further research is also needed to determine the potential impact of legume CCs on the improvement of the quality of degraded soils, or those with less favorable physicochemical properties.
dc.identifier.citationAgriculture 2020, 10, 394
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/agriculture10090394
dc.identifier.issn2077-0472
dc.identifier.urihttps://bc.iung.pl/handle/123456789/4702
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/10/9/394
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.subjectlegume cover crop, weed control, organic matter, nitrogen, soil physical and biological properties, soil erosion
dc.titleLegume Cover Crops as One of the Elements of StrategicWeed Management and Soil Quality Improvement. A Review
dc.typeArticle
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