The Agronomic and Economic Potential of Break Crops for Ley/Arable Rotations in Temperate Organic Agriculture

By Melissa Robson, S. Fowler, N. Lampkin, C. Leifert, M. Leitch, D. Robinson, Christine Watson, A. Litterick. 2002

99 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science, Soil Science

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In Agronomy and Crop Science

1. Adrian C. Newton
2. J. Myers
3. R. Pakeman
4. C. Schöb

In Plant Science

1. K. Murphy
2. S. Jones
3. Adrian C. Newton
4. T. George
5. Rob W. Brooker
6. J. Myers
7. C. Leifert
8. Wolfgang Link

In Soil Science

1. S. Jones
2. T. George
3. Rob W. Brooker
4. K. Murphy
5. R. Pakeman

Citations in the corpus

• Magnitude and farm-economic value of grain legume pre-crop benefits in Europe: A review (2015, background): “…objectives (Janssen and van Ittersum, 2007; Dury et al., 2013), farmers may choose grain legumes because they fit a particular farming strategy such as on-farm feed production (Alpmann et al., 2013b), organic farming (Robson et al., 2002), and reduced tillage systems (Luetke-Entrup et al., 2006).”
• The need to breed crop varieties suitable for organic farming, using wheat, tomato and broccoli as examples: A review (2011, background): “, on farms that also produce forages for livestock, vegetables, pulses or potato) [10,179–181].”
• Facilitation and biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in crop production systems and their role in sustainable farming (2021, background): “…practice, is often from a completely different plant family (e.g. a brassica used as a break crop for cereals), and can have a ‘soil cleaning’ effect, with other benefits including increased soil carbon and improved soil physical characteristics (Kirkegaard et al., 2008; Robson et al., 2002).”
• Evaluation of physiological traits for improving drought tolerance in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) (2007, background): “Production systems in European agriculture have been predominantly cereals-based but in the recent past, economic and environmental developments have revived interest in grain legumes as break crops that break cereal disease cycles, fix nitrogen and yield pulses for feed and food uses (Plies-Balzer ”
• A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Spelt Food Processing Alternatives on Small Organic Farms (2006, background): “However, the potential for a wider range of alternative crops, including less common cereals such as spelt, must be evaluated in order to determine their break-crop characteristics and the benefits and challenges which they bring to organic systems (Robson et al., 2002).”