Soil health
...little as possible. Crop rotation and -diversity A greater diversity of crops and green cover crops will also benefit the diversity of soil life. Early maturing crops and varieties can ...
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Nitrogen
... to watercourses. There are also a number of other measures a farmer can take, such as sowing green cover crops after the main crop. These green cover crops, such as yellow mustard, phacelia and le...
Soil: carbon sequestration
...ls. This applies to both grassland and arable land. 3.1 Crop choice and management Green cover crops (catch crops) Green cover crops or catch crops are crops that are sown after the ma...
Soil processes and fertilization
On ILVO's trial fields, the use of slurry, manure, compost, green cover crops, and soil cultivation are studied through multi-year trials.
Plant health
FLOWER4TREES: using flower mixtures as a win-win situation for biodiversity and grower at open field tree nursery
Sowing and fertilizing using drones
...sector regarding comparisons with traditional sowing techniques, seed emergence, the use of complex cover crops, undersowing or sowing cover crops on erosion-prone plots, or sowing/fertilizing duri...
Enhancing ground cover on vegetable farms: Living Labs for resource conservation and economic sustainability in agroecological systems
... Under-seeding of green manures and the use of no-till tillage may allow faster seeding after green cover crops; this and other practices are evaluated. Where appropriate, more in-depth experiments...
Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase.
Soil organic carbon sequestration potential of agricultural soils in Europe
...n 450 European long-term field experiments that formed the basis for new emission factors for green cover crops, leguminous fodder crops, straw residue retention, tillage, irrigation, and agrofores...
Carbon Farming Monitoring and Registry
...il carbon model to satellite data, calibrate and validate a model for estimating biomass of cover crops and woody vegetation in agroforestry systems based on satellite data, and work on automated p...
Good management of winter weeds in organic arable and vegetable farming
...in strategies to control these winter weeds. Some hypotheses are: (1) the use of species-rich green cover crops in the fall in vegetable crops; (2) specific cultural interventions in the fall for w...
Increasing SOIL Quality supported by Innovative Techniques
...s rich in OM, reducing OM losses from the soil due to tillage, and increasing OM through the use of cover crops and intercropping. Evaluation is conducted through standard chemical and physical soi...
Agroforestry with trees rows favorable for soil quality and beneficial bugs. Total biomass yield positive.
Booklet "ILVO Seeds"
How can we nourish the soil under strict phosphate norms and high fertilizer prices?
Do: In orchards, apply the cut of green cover crops to the black strip In orchards, grass clippings from the green strip can be applied (multiple times) to the blacktop to build up organic matter ...
Booklet "ILVO Seeds"
Source-based erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize
Persistent soil compaction under arable fields and grasslands
...s hope to have answers after 4 years. Tom Coussement (BDB): "When is deep tillage successful? Which cover crops should you sow? Does subsoiling (deep ripping) also work on grassland, possibly combi...
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Mulch layer on the soil through a complex green cover crop
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Temporary grassland destroyed with minimal tillage
...destruction of the green cover crop The Treffler precision cultivator destroys clover and green cover crops 100% a customized depth between 2.5 and 5 cm (1 - 2 inches). Cutter for cutting ...
Legumes are getting off the ground in Flanders
...mary producer. They are looking for crops that yield something. The fact that they are also green cover crops with which they can expand their cultivation rotation is a good thing". Research as...
LCA (life cycle analysis) in agricultural context
...irm that the choice of agricultural practices (e.g. a certain crop rotation, type of manure, use of cover crops) can have a major impact on the carbon stocks of the soil. Also the complex data ...
Source directed erosion control techniques in vegetables and maize - final report
...more stringent. Since then, farmers have to choose measures from the basic package (including green cover crops), the buffer strips package, the cultivation measures package and the erosion control...
Plant attacker of the month October: the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus spp.
...of soilIn January 2018, the VLAIO LA project "Control of plant parasitic nematodes with green cover crops in outdoor vegetables" (VLAIO green cover crops) started. In this project, we investigate t...
Potential of innovative (mixed) crops and cultivation techniques shown at second PPAE demo day in Hansbeke
...ation." Biomax as soil-improving green cover crop Biomax is a sophisticated blend of green cover crops that increases soil fertility by improving soil structure, promoting soil life and in...