Managing living mulch (cover crops) to improve soil health (including nutrient cycling) and encourage natural enemies in orchard crops

管理活体覆盖物（覆盖作物）以改善土壤健康（包括养分循环）并鼓励果园作物中的天敌

• 批准号: 2614407
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Essex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2614407
• 关键词: Managing; living; mulch; cover; crops

The use of living mulch in orchard fruit crops is receiving increasing attention. Living mulch has the potential to improve previous weed management significantly by incorporating conservation biocontrol (providing refuges for key natural enemies), carbon sequestration, microbial-driven nutrient cycling (carbon/nitrogen), and overall soil health. However, how to maximize the potential benefits of these cover crops while minimising the efforts required to manage them is not yet clear.

在果园水果作物中使用活覆盖物正受到越来越多的关注。活覆盖物有可能改善以前的杂草管理显着结合保护生物控制（为主要的天敌提供避难所），固碳，微生物驱动的养分循环（碳/氮），和整体土壤健康。然而，如何最大限度地发挥这些覆盖作物的潜在效益，同时最大限度地减少管理这些作物所需的努力，目前尚不清楚。