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Diverse annual plantings and their contribution to forage yield and soil improvement

dc.contributor.authorBainard, J.D.
dc.contributor.authorSchellenberg, M.
dc.contributor.authorLamb, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-20T21:25:35Z
dc.date.available2018-07-20T21:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-11
dc.description.abstractMulti-species plantings, also known as polycultures, are expected to have several ecosystem benefits based on the varying contributions from different plants. Potential benefits include increased nutrient cycling, increased soil moisture retention, increased forage yield, decreased soil compaction, and decreased weed communities. Local Saskatchewan producers and groups have implemented multi-species plantings with great success, and this project attempts to build on this anecdotal evidence to not only quantify the impact of polycultures, but to also determine what makes a mixture more or less effective in a particular environment. Our preliminary results suggest that increased crop species richness and functional group richness have many benefits including increased biomass production and decreased weed and insect abundance.en_US
dc.description.versionNon-Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/8946
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSoils and Crops Workshop
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectpolycultureen_US
dc.subjectintercroppingen_US
dc.subjectcover cropsen_US
dc.subjectforageen_US
dc.subjectsustainable agricultureen_US
dc.titleDiverse annual plantings and their contribution to forage yield and soil improvementen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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