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Crop planted to manage erosion and soil quality
In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil rather than for the purpose of being harvested. Cover crops manage soil erosion
Cover_crop
Agricultural practice of changing crops
sequencing and cover crops around desirable cash crops. The following is a simplified classification based on crop quality and purpose. Many crops which are
Crop_rotation
Plant product which can be grown and harvested
Crops A crop is a plant or plant product harvested for human use. Crops are cultivated at scale to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products. Crops
Crop
Growing multiple crops together in agriculture
of another crop. A cover crop involves planting a species that is not a crop, such as grasses and legumes, alongside the crop. The cover plants help
Polyculture
Species of flowering plant
water flow. Piptochaetium avenaceum can be used as a cover crop, in which they are grown after a crop has been cut so that soil can be replenished, and is
Piptochaetium_avenaceum
Species of flowering plant
Cantonese-style braised mustard greens, with wolfberries Brassica juncea cover crops sown in autumn and terminated and tilled into the soil in spring reduced
Brassica_juncea
Crop grown between plantings of a main crop
agriculture, a catch crop is a fast-growing crop that is grown between successive plantings of a main crop. It is a specific type of cover crop that is grown
Catch_crop
Agricultural method
applying herbicides on a cover crop (killing that vegetation). "Direct seeding" is when crops are sown through the residue of previous crop. "Surface seeding"
No-till_farming
Organic material left on an agricultural field to be used as a mulch or soil amendment
resources unavailable to shallower-rooted crops. Common cover crop functions of weed suppression. Non-leguminous crops are primarily used (e.g. buckwheat).
Green_manure
Agricultural practice
fallow, but instead should follow a cover crop which is a host for AM fungi, such as oats or other small grain crops. The presence of any plant roots, including
Fallow
Soil conservation technique
not be possible to achieve a kill on the cover crop. If mowing, crimping, and suppression with a cover crop mixture fail, herbicides can be applied. However
Strip-till
Species of plant
extremes and to poor soil. It is used for rehabilitation, medicine, as a cover crop and for fodder. Its introduction to other countries has had an environmental
Atriplex_semibaccata
Cover crop grown with a main crop as mulch
In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the purposes of a mulch, such as weed
Living_mulch
Species of grain
(Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern
Rye
Species of plant
requirement, but also benefits the succeeding crops. It can be used as a cover crop before or after cereal crops in rotation, which makes a good green manure
Mung_bean
Species of flowering plant
knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat cultivation originated around the 6th millennium BC in the
Buckwheat
Species of legume
is a cover crop which helps to cover and shield the soil from weeds or plants, as well as providing rapid growth for existing agricultural crops, preventing
Mucuna_bracteata
American farmer (1946–2023)
sustainable agriculture techniques, specifically no-till farming and cover crops. Outside of the agriculture field, he was known on the internet as a
David_Brandt_(farmer)
Subspecies of plant
[clarification needed] Certain varieties of daikon can be grown as a winter cover crop and green manure. These varieties are often named "tillage radish" because
Daikon
Hybrid species of grass
Central America, North America and Southern Asia, for forage or as a cover crop. When treated as a weed, it is known as shattercane. It is distinguished
Sorghum_×_drummondii
Application of methods to protect soil and enhance its performance
coverage, and diversifying crop species. Similarly, regenerative agriculture practices use minimal to no tillage, cover crops, crop rotations, compost, and
Soil_management
Species of herbaceous plant
higher elevations. It is used outside its native range in agriculture as a cover crop, a bee plant, an attractant for other beneficial insects, as a green manure
Phacelia_tanacetifolia
Plant species in the pea family
Europe and western Asia. It is a legume, grown as a forage crop, fodder crop, cover crop, and green manure. Although non-native, it occurs in all US
Vicia_villosa
Annual crop used in establishment of a perennial crop
forestry. Cover crops are a type of nurse crop. In agriculture, a nurse crop is an annual crop used to assist in establishment of a perennial crop. The widest
Nurse_crop
Non-irrigated farming in areas with little rainfall during the growing season
fallow period must be included in the crop rotation means that fields cannot always be protected by a cover crop, which might otherwise offer protection
Dryland_farming
Preservation of soil nutrients
desertification. Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and planted windbreaks, affect both erosion
Soil_conservation
Sowing seeds through aerial machinery
achieve the same results. Aerial seeding is also often used to plant cover crops. Some plants often seeded by this method are perennial rye (Timothy,
Aerial_seeding
Bacterial disease of citrus, bug-borne
HLB by stabilizing MYC2 levels. Some success has been reported using a cover crop strategy. The citrus trees were not free of the disease bacteria, yet
Citrus_greening_disease
Species of flowering plant
environmental conditions. Italian ryegrass is grown for silage, and as a cover crop. It is also grown as an ornamental grass. It readily naturalizes in temperate
Lolium_multiflorum
Method of partitioning farming fields
corn, soybeans, cotton, or sugar beets. The forages serve primarily as cover crops. In certain systems, strips in particularly-eroded areas are used to
Strip_farming
Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family
especially well suited for oil production when cultivated before soybean. As a cover crop grown over the winter period with harvest taking place in spring, it can
Thlaspi_arvense
Species of flowering plant
lawns, grain crops, pasture grasses, and vegetable rows. It is often added to lawn seed mixes, as it is able to grow and provide green cover in poorer soils
Trifolium_repens
Topics referred to by the same term
is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds; it is also used as a cover crop. Buckwheat may also refer to: Buckwheat family or Polygonaceae, a family
Buckwheat_(disambiguation)
Species of legume
Neustanthus phaseoloides, called tropical kudzu. This species is a forage crop and cover crop used in the tropics. It is known as puero in Australia and tropical
Neustanthus
Grass that has edible grain
Poaceae) cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley
Cereal
Cereal grain
the autumn and terminated and tilled into the soil in spring, barley cover crops significantly reduced early-season weed density and time required for
Barley
Plant material eaten by grazing livestock
(2016). "Nitrogen Release Dynamics and Decomposition of Buried and Surface Cover Crop Residues". Agronomy Journal. 108 (4). American Society of Agronomy (Wiley):
Forage
Species of legume native to South America
throughout the tropics. It is cultivated for forage or as a green manure or cover crop in rotation. As it quickly spreads on disturbed soils, it is considered
Macroptilium_lathyroides
Species of plant in the pea and bean family
bean family Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated as a crop for human consumption, and also as a cover crop. Varieties with smaller, harder seeds that are fed
Vicia_faba
Agricultural management practice
The term cropping system refers to the crops, crop sequences and management techniques used on a particular agricultural field over a period of years
Cropping_system
Dispersal of chemicals from aircraft or helicopters
Aerial application, sometimes known as "crop dusting", involves application of crop protection products to crops from an agricultural aircraft. Planting
Aerial_application
Relative area covered by different plant species in a small plot
Plant cover data obtained by the pin-point method may be modelled by a generalised binomial distribution (or Pólya–Eggenberger distribution). Cover crop –
Plant_cover
Waste materials generated by agriculture
agriculture practices are carried out to maximize crop residue cover. Process residues are materials left after the crop is processed into a usable resource. These
Crop_residue
Variety of flowering plants
environment. When compared to other cover crops, rye is superior in all characteristics associated with cover crops This rye seed variety is produced and
AC_Hazlet_rye
Plant species in the pea family
of North America, as an introduced species. It is also cultivated as a cover crop and for hay and silage, as green manure, and as a bee plant. Strawberry
Trifolium_fragiferum
Flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae used for mustard
57% of world production in 2010. White mustard is commonly used as a cover crop in Europe (between UK and Ukraine). Many varieties exist, e.g., in Germany
Mustard_plant
ingredient. Buckwheat is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. A related and more bitter species, Fagopyrum tataricum, a domesticated
List_of_buckwheat_dishes
Species of legume
introduced to many other parts of the world for use as an ornamental plant, a cover crop, and a leguminous green manure. In some places it is now naturalized in
Senna_didymobotrya
Root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family
by novice gardeners. Another use of radish is as a cover or catch crop in winter or as a forage crop. Some radishes are grown for their seeds; others,
Radish
Crop used to smother weeds
management", Weed Management for Developing Countries, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, p. 166 Cover crop Trap crop Catch crop
Smother_crop
Strain of wheat grown over the winter, rather than the summer
wheat outcompetes many weed varieties. It can be grown as both cover crop and cash crop. Easy to manage, it still provides a good yield. It helps build
Winter_wheat
Amount of land area covered by forest
area Category:Forests by country Deforestation by region Cover crop Plant cover Continuous cover forestry Sustainable forestry This article incorporates
Forest_cover
Agricultural methods that capture carbon
Methods for accomplishing this include: Use cover crops such as grasses and weeds as a temporary cover between planting seasons Concentrate livestock
Carbon_farming
Agricultural crop grown to sell for profit
A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm
Cash_crop
Growing the same crop each year
used as cover crops or planted in fallow fields. In addition, monocropping encourages pesticide resistance and pest evolution and so rotating crops performs
Monocropping
Nonprofit organic farming research institute
disease-resistant crop varieties, compost management and application, soil health, no-till organic planting systems using cover crops and optimal cover-crop uses in
The_Rodale_Institute
the aerial part of a crop, in order to prevent seed formation and distribution onto the soil. Typically, a set-aside cover crop is topped in July or August
Topping_(agriculture)
Plant species in pea family
soilless medium using drums, trays or racks. Close up of alfalfa sprouts Cover crop Green manure This illustration is from Amédée Masclef, Atlas des plantes
Alfalfa
Species of legume
plant is used as a cover crop and green manure for the purposes of soil improvement and weed and pest control. It is used in crop rotation, for hay and
Vicia_benghalensis
Species of legume
important summer cover crop in southeastern United States. The allelopathic effects of Crotalaria juncea on weeds, vegetable crops, and cover crops were observed
Crotalaria_juncea
Practice of scattering seeds across a large area
seeding is of particular use in establishing dense plant spacing, as for cover crops and lawns. In comparison to traditional drill planting, broadcast seeding
Broadcast_seeding
Plant with low spreading growth
also providing lush vegetation to what would otherwise be unused space. Cover crop Robel pole Living mulch Tapestry lawn Gilliam, Frank (2003). "The Dynamic
Groundcover
Symbiotic penetrative association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant
nutrient concentration in leeks (Allium porrum) in relation to previous crop and cover crop management on high P soils". Plant and Soil. 273 (1–2): 101–114.
Arbuscular_mycorrhiza
Topmost part of the soil layer
desertification. Techniques for improved soil conservation include crop rotation, cover crops, conservation tillage and planted windbreaks, affect both erosion
Topsoil
Conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems
varied considerably: some focused on particular practices, such as cover cropping, livestock integration, and reduced tillage, while others emphasized
Regenerative_agriculture
Species of flowering plant
bean is native to India, grown for food production and as a forage and cover crop. It is predominately grown in India, although it has been cultivated in
Vigna_aconitifolia
Species of flowering plant
Canavalia includes about 60 species, two of which are cultivated for food, cover crop, green manure and medicine: jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.)
Canavalia_gladiata
Agricultural technique
ground cover. Several plants are allelopathic, producing chemicals which inhibit the growth of other species. For example, rye is useful as a cereal crop, and
Companion_planting
Short type of whip without a lash, used in horseback riding
modern crop usually consists of a long shaft of fiberglass or cane which is covered in leather, fabric, or similar material. The rod of a crop thickens
Crop_(implement)
Cultivation of plants and animals to produce foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials
cultivating the soil, planting, raising, and harvesting both food and non-food crops, as well as livestock production. Broader definitions also include forestry
Agriculture
Species of legume
climate and soil conditions. While Trifolium hirtum has benefits as a cover crop and fodder, its introduction to non-native areas has sometimes led to
Trifolium_hirtum
Health of soil, suitability for growing
tilth, but when used excessively, can have the opposite effect. Crop rotation and cover crops can rebuild the soil carbon sponge and positively affect tilth
Tilth
Species of roundworm
non-host cover crops within the rotation sequence may in some cases offer an effective approach to nematode control. Four leguminous cover crops adaptable
Belonolaimus_longicaudatus
Insurance that protects against the loss of crops or crop related revenues
insurance policies covered almost 380 million acres. Major crops are insurable in most counties where they are grown, and about 90% of U.S. crop acreage is insured
Crop_insurance
Plant species grown for its oil-rich seed
an unreliable source of oil for biofuels. Rapeseed is also used as a cover crop in the US during the winter as it prevents soil erosion, produces large
Rapeseed
Plant that attracts agricultural pests away from nearby crops
A trap crop is a plant that attracts agricultural pests, usually insects, away from nearby harvested crops. This form of companion planting can save a
Trap_crop
Global provider of agricultural science and technology
technology company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It primarily covers crop protection and seeds for farmers. Syngenta is part of the Syngenta Group
Syngenta
Species of flowering plant
virginiensis), and the adult consumes the nectar. This plant is cultivated as a cover crop and a livestock fodder. It is also grown as an ornamental plant and it
Mikania_scandens
Multiplier factor in digital imaging, compared to 35mm film camera focal length
In digital photography, the crop factor, format factor, or focal length multiplier of an image sensor format is the ratio of the dimensions of a camera's
Crop_factor
Branch of agriculture
multi-species cover crops between commercial crops. This combines the advantages of intensive farming with continuous cover and polyculture. Crop irrigation
Intensive_farming
List of definitions of terms and concepts commonly used in agriculture
year-round with crops intended for various uses, including cash crops and cover crops, as long as the soil remains fertile. remainder See crop residue. rendering
Glossary_of_agriculture
1987 studio album by Gene Ween
the album. The cover of the album is a close up of a child (possibly Freeman himself) holding a frog. Alternate versions of the cover crop the image so
Synthetic_Socks
acres. “Base acres” means, with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, the number of acres of the crop established by the election of the owner or owners
Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program
Direct_and_Counter-Cyclical_Program
Practice of preventing soil erosion in agriculture and land development
following: cellular confinement systems crop rotation conservation tillage contour plowing contour trenching cover crops Dirt Locker fiber rolls (also called
Erosion_control
Genus of legumes
since pre-Columbian times. They cover a wide range of uses such as: food and refreshing drink for humans, cover crop or green manure, improvement of fallows
Crotalaria
Species of flowering plant
leaves are used as a vegetable for making soups. The weed is used as a cover crop in rubber plantations in Malaysia. It is also planted on slopes to prevent
Mikania_micrantha
PepsiCo on a cover crops effort. In 2024, more than 2,300 farmers planted over 800,000 acres of cover crops as part of PFI's cover crop cost-share program
Practical_Farmers_of_Iowa
Nut of the hazel tree
loss by competition, herbicides are used to create bare soil. Using cover crops protects the soil and suppresses weed establishment without a yield reduction
Hazelnut
Plant species in the cabbage family
with the Mustard Festival. White mustard is commonly used as a cover and green manure crop in Europe (between the UK and Ukraine). A large number of varieties
White_mustard
Genus of flowering plants in the bean family
vetch has well-established uses as a green manure and as an allelopathic cover crop. As regards the broad bean, it is known to accumulate aluminum in its
Vicia
Species of flowering plant
canola and colza oils. B. rapa is also commonly used as a rotational cover crop for vegetables due to its ability to prevent erosion and deter disease
Brassica_rapa
Indian agricultural insurance scheme
the crop thus helping in stabilising the income of the farmers. The scheme covers all Food & Oilseeds crops and Annual Commercial/Horticultural Crops for
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Pradhan_Mantri_Fasal_Bima_Yojana
Agricultural method
Strip-till of sunn hemp cover crop followed by mulching soil surface periodically with sunn hemp residues enhanced SI within 2 cropping cycles. KNF posits
Korean_natural_farming
Species of flowering plant
used in agriculture as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop. The plant is widely grown as a protein-rich forage crop for cattle and other livestock, and is suitable
Trifolium_incarnatum
Fertilizer developed from natural processes
that are readily available such as the return of crop residues or the application of manure. Cover crops are also grown to enrich soil as a green manure
Organic_fertilizer
ZRX Electro-Hydraulic Cover Crop Roller/Crimper, the FreeFARM line of customizable row crop tools, and the DuoSeed Cover Crop Inter-Row Seeder. All Dawn
Dawn_Equipment_Company
Species of legume plant
Winged bean is an effective cover crop; planting it uniform with the ground suppresses weed growth. As a restorative crop, winged bean can improve nutrient-poor
Winged_bean
Species of flowering plant
especially fond of the seeds but may also eat the foliage. Its utility as a cover crop and source of green manure has encouraged the introduction and naturalisation
Vicia_cracca
Pollution type in a major American river
the nitrate problem as well. Strip-till farming and the use of Winter Cover crops have the effect of minimizing nitrate leaching. "Mississippi River Facts
Nitrate in the Mississippi River Basin
Nitrate_in_the_Mississippi_River_Basin
System and type of sharecropping
when the cotton crop was harvested farmers turned it over to the merchant to pay back their debt. In some cases, the crop did not cover the debt, and the
Crop-lien_system
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