INVESTIGATING THE BIOPHYSICAL EFFECTS OF THE EXTENDED ROOT PHENOTYPE OF COVER CROPS AND DIFFERENT TILLAGE SYSTEMS ON SOIL HEALTH AND CROP YIELDS

There is a wide and growing interest in using cover crops and reducing the impacts of tillage within modern sustainable farming practices, which are increasingly supported by UK Government environmental land management schemes (ELMS). Soil and its health are vitally important to modern farming syste...

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Main Author: Purdy, David
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77917/