Using the long-term rotation experiment near Elora, ON (established 1980) to study the impacts of tillage and diversity of crop rotations on a number of agri-environmental factors.
Project Description:
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Crop rotations differ in soil carbon stabilization efficiency, but the response to quality of structural plant inputs is ambiguous
This study set out to evaluate crop rotation diversity, perenniality, carbon inputs, and carbon input quality as predictors of soil
Long-term evidence shows that crop-rotation diversification increases agricultural resilience to adverse growing conditions in North America
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Focus on continuous living cover, not adding more crops to rotation, to see soil carbon gains
Alison King, Katelyn Congreves, Bill Deen, Kari Dunfield, Myna Simpson, Paul Voroney, and Claudia Wagner-Riddle. 2020. Crop rotations differ in
Tillage, crop rotation, and their effects on soil health
Laura Van Eerd, Katelyn Congreves, Adam Hayes, Anne Verhallen, and David Hooker. 2014. Long-term tillage and crop rotation effects on
Resources:
Crop Rotation Counts
Crop Rotation Counts: Key Findings from Long-Term Rotation Plot Research Celebrating 65 years of crop rotation research at the Elora
Place:
This project was conducted at Elora Crop Research Station
Funding Sources:
GFO, OMAFRA
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