Green manures are ideal whenever a patch of land is going to be free of crops for six weeks or more, and they are particularly useful to vegetable gardeners and allotment holders. Although many ...

The Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department has a target to cover 4 lakh acre under dhaincha (green manure) cultivation ...

Whether grown as pulses for grain, as green manure, as pastures or as the tree components of agro-forestry systems, a key value of leguminous crops lies in their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, ...

When the cover crop fixes nitrogen or otherwise improves soil properties, it is often referred to as a green manure. Both cover crops and green manures can have weed suppressing qualities. They may ...

However, tillage is important in reducing weed populations, improving nutrient cycling, burying residues and terminating green manures. Finding ways to retain these benefits, while reducing tillage is ...