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Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada

Faculty of Agriculture

Cover Crops and Green Manures in Organic Production

Practical Resources

General cover crop resources

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    • Rodale Institute. 2014
    • OrganicBiz. 2016
    • Penn State Extension. 2013
    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2012
    • eOrganic. 2013
    • Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service. 2013

    • Center for Environmental Farming Systems. 2006
    • SARE. 2015
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    • Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. 2003
    • Sustainable Agriculture Research & Extension. 2013
    • US Organic Agriculture Research Symposium. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2015
    • The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. 2015
    • USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2013
    • US Organic Agriculture Research Symposium. 2015
    • Science and Technology Library of USDA. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2012
    • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. 2016
    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2013
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    • OACC. 2010
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    • USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2007
    • eOrganic. 2014

    • eOrganic. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2013
    • Canadian Farm Business Management Council, COABC Seminar Series. 2009
    • eOrganic. 2011
    • eOrganic. 2016
    • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Pest Management Centre. 2015
    • Organic Eprints. 2012

Cover crop selection and production guides

    • Sustainable Agriculture Research & Extension. 2008
    • eOrganic. 2013
    • eOrganic. 2014
    • eOrganic. 2013

    • USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2013
    • Pesticide Risk Reduction Program. 2014
    • Midwest Cover Crops Council
    • eOrganic. 2012
    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2001
    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2001
    • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2012
    • Natural Systems Agriculture. 2010
    • Natural Systems Agriculture. 2011
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    • OACC. 2006
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    • OACC. 2008
    • Developed for the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada. 2017
    • eOrganic. 2013
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    • Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2012
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    • University of Minnesota. 2010
    • eOrganic. 2012
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    • Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network. 2008

Cover crops for soil health and fertility

    • eOrganic. 2013
    • National Wildlife Federation. 2015
    • Tri-State Organic IP Video Series. 2007
    • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education and Delaware State University. 2016
    • eOrganic. 2012
    • FiBL. 2017
    • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2011
    • Prairie Organics: Think Whole Farm Recorded Presentations. 2016
    • eOrganic. 2015
    • Oregon State University

Cover crops for weed and pest management

    • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2012
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    • Kerr Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2012
    • eOrganic. 2011
    • Grainews. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2011
    • eOrganic. 2017

Scientific Results

General cover crop research

Cover crops for soil health and fertility

    • Plant and Soil (2015) 393: 163-175
    • Agronomy Journal (2017) 109: 259-271
    • Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2012) 36: 461-477
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2013) 72: 232-241
    • European Journal of Agronomy (2014) 54: 34-39
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 2069-2082
    • Soil Science Society of America Journal (2015) 79: 1650-1659
    • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2014) 98: 1-14
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 2047-2058
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2014) 189: 229-239
    • Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 329-341
    • Plant and Soil (2016) 401: 347-364
    • Agronomy Journal (2017) 109: 272-282
    • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2017) 109: 188-204
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 2449-2474
    • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2017) 72: 539-549
    • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2016) 36: 48
    • European Journal of Agronomy (2012) 37: 66-82
    • Scientia Horticulturae (2014) 166: 97-104
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (1996) 57: 189-196
    • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2014) 100: 135-146
    • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (1994) 37: 227-234
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 199: 382-393
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2013) 181: 115-126
    • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (1997) 28: 913-925
    • HortTechnology (2012) 22: 25-36
    • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2014) 34: 841-848
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 503-514
    • Plant and Soil (2010) 328: 507-521
    • Agricultural Systems (2014) 125: 12-22
    • Weed Technology (2011) 25: 473-479
    • Scientia Horticulturae (2017) 214: 209-213
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 2391-2400
    • Aspects of Applied Biology (2006) 79:283-287
    • PLoS ONE (2015) 10(6): e0129597
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 202: 31-41
    • Nature (1998) 396:262-265
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2005) 85: 645-648
    • Agronomy Journal (2001) 93: 1086-1096
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 2083-2096
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2017) 97: 1-5
    • Environmental Entomology (2015) 44: 999-1010
    • Plant and Soil (2012) 356: 315-330
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 77: 42-50
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2011) 142: 149-160
    • HortScience (2011) 46: 1154-1162
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2013) 28: 59-69
    • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2012) 92: 363-378
    • Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 1735-1741
    • Agronomy Journal (2012) 104: 1425-1435
    • HortScience (2013) 48: 1027-1033
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2011) 91: 497-508
    • Agronomy Journal (2013) 105: 803-811
    • Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 33-40
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2016) 96: 59-71
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2014) 94: 771-783
    • Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science (2011) 61: 164-175
    • Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2010) 90: 257-266
    • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 2010
    • European Journal of Agronomy (2012) 44: 98-108
    • Biology and Fertility of Soils (2010) 46:293-297
    • Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 904-914
    • Agronomy Journal (2017) 109: 1013-1023
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2016) 103: 72-82
    • Plant and Soil (2015) 396: 353-367
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 58: 45-55
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2012) 61: 16-25
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2010) 90: 479-488
    • Soil Science Society of American Journal (2014) 78: 262-270
    • Soil Science Society of American Journal (2014) 78: 271-279
    • PLoS ONE (2015) 10(11): e0143358
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 216: 322-332
    • Organic Eprints. 2009
    • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2016) 32: 170-181
    • Agronomy Journal (2013) 105: 171-182
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2016) 31: 214-229

Cover crops for weed and pest management

    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2004) 19: 187-198
    • Weed Technology (2009) 23: 556-563
    • Weed Research (2013) 53: 461-469
    • HortScience (2014) 49: 441-447
    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 647-665
    • Weed Science (2016) 64: 261-275
    • Environmental Entomology (2018) 47:340-355
    • Weed Science (2015) 61: 282-295
    • Biological Control (2018) 117:109-114
    • Weed Science (2003) Ìý51: 919-929
    • University of Saskatchewan, MSc Thesis. 2004
    • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2016) 32
    • Weed Science (2005) 53: 69-76
    • Crop Protection (2016) 91: 74-81
    • Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2012) 36: 382-403
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2007) 87: 973-983
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2017) 32: 349-357
    • Weed Technology (2011) 25: 473-479
    • Agronomy Journal (2017) 109: 1510-1519
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2013) 63: 67-77
    • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2000) 80: 187–198
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 450-460
    • Sustainability (2013) 5: 3502-3512
    • Environmental Entomology (2018) 47:292-299
    • Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 1624-1635
    • Crop Protection (2013) 43: 104-118
    • Journal of Nematology (2007) 39: 213-220
    • Weed Science (2013) 61: 162-170
    • European Journal of Agronomy (2013) 52: 229-236
    • HortScience (1996) 31: 410-413
    • Agronomy Journal (2012) 104: 1425-1435
    • Plant and Soil (2014) 374: 611-627
    • Weed Research (2010) 50: 341-352
    • Pesticide Risk Reduction Program. 2010
    • Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 904-914
    • Agronomy Journal (2009) 101: 979-988Ìý
    • Weed Science (2012) 60: 618-623
    • Agronomy Journal (2017) 109:2808-2819
    • Crop Protection (2013) 54: 185-193
    • HortTechnology (2013) 23: 575-580
    • HortTechnology (2012) 22: 757-765
    • Organic Agriculture (2013) 3: 149-161
    • Weed Research (2015) 55: 586-597
    • Weed Technology (2000) 14: 545-549
    • Weed Technology (2012) 26: 818-825


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