Cover crops influence soil properties and tree performance in an organic apple (Malus domestica Borkh) orchard in northern Patagonia

By E. Sánchez, A. Giayetto, L. Cichón, D. Fernández, M. C. Aruani, M. Curetti. Plant and Soil, 2007

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Orchard floor management effects on nitrogen fertility and soil biological activity in a newly established organic apple orchard (2008, background): “Such weed control practices include application of organically approved herbicides (Tworkoski 2002; Boyd and Brennan 2006), mulching with wood chips (Oliveira and Merwin 2001), maintenance of a vegetative cover or “living mulch” (Marsh et al. 1996; Sanchez et al. 2003; Sánchez et al. 2006), and soil”
Effects of cover crop quality and quantity on nematode-based soil food webs and nutrient cycling (2009, background): “…2000; Wang et al., 2006a; Machado et al., 2007; Collins et al., 2006; Everts et al., 2006), focus only on plant-parasitic nematodes (Kimpinski et al., 2000; Wang et al., 2004a,b) are inconclusive (Sanchez et al., 2007), or compare only one cover crop to mineral fertilizers (Blanchart et al., 2006).”
Long-term Effects of Four Groundcover Management Systems in an Apple Orchard (2011, background): “These studies have shown substantially different GMS effects on soil chemical, biological, and physical properties (Merwin et al., 1994; Sanchez et al., 2007; St. Laurent et al., 2008) as well as differential effects on root-zone microbial communities and tree root development (Morlat and Jacquet,…”