Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping · Agustin Limon-Ortega (2011). Planting System on Permanent Beds;...
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Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping
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CROP ROTATION
Planting different type crops in succession in the same field
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Problems with monocultures
Over time, increases in crop specific pest and disease problems are common
Continuous cropping results in roots being active in the same zone every year, exploiting nutrients in that zone-decreasing plant available nutrients
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Advantages of Crop Rotations
• Improve soil fertility: – Increase and maintain N levels in the root zone
– Increase soil carbon
– Recycle nutrients
• Reduce external biotic stresses: – Minimize weeds
– Reduce pest and disease problems
• Increase farm income
• Enhance household health
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Rotations and soil quality
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm//ipm/icm/2002/3-18-2002/totillornottotill.html
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Legumes in rotation
• Legumes fix N through a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia which form nodules on plant roots
– Rhizobia convert atmospheric N2 to NH4
– Plant provides rhizobia with carbon
Root nodules
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Rotations with legumes
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Factors affecting N fixation by legumes
• Nodulation
• Soil moisture content
• Soil temperature
• Soil nutrient content
Improving soil quality with conservation agriculture can improve legume N fixation
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Effects of Rotations on Disease
When seedlings come into contact with diseased crop residue, either at the surface or buried, that have not lost their pathogenicity, disease can spread easily
By rotating crops, you allow time for diseased residue to lose their pathogenicity, reducing the spread of disease
Agustin Limon-Ortega (2011). Planting System on Permanent Beds; A Conservation Agriculture Alternative for Crop Production in the Mexican Plateau. In: Godone, D., Stanchi, S., editors, Soil Erosion Issues in Agriculture. InTech, pp183-206
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Breaks up pest cycles
Pest pressure doesn’t reach level where pesticides are needed
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Reducing pest pressure and increasing soil fertility and quality can lead to increased yields
Agustin Limon-Ortega (2011). Planting System on Permanent Beds; A Conservation Agriculture Alternative for Crop Production in the Mexican Plateau. In: Godone, D., Stanchi, S., editors, Soil Erosion Issues in Agriculture. InTech, pp183-206
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Crop rotations and weed control
• Planting crops with different life cycles - planting and harvest dates - can discourage weed establishment and seed production
• In zero till and conservation agriculture systems: – Herbicides play a major role in weed control
– Over-use of the same herbicide can lead to herbicide resistance by weeds
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Avoiding herbicide resistance
• Herbicide resistance can be avoided by rotating herbicides with different modes of action
• Crop rotation allows for herbicide rotation
Crop Contact herbicide
Residual Herbicide
Wheat Glyphosate Targets broadleaf weeds
Mung bean
Glyphosate Targets grass weeds
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Health Benefits
Diversifying cropping systems can lead to diversified diets and increased household
consumption of protein and other micronutrients
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Economic Benefits
• Diversify income
• Reduce pest and disease damage
• Reduce pesticide use
• Reduce fertilizer N additions (with legumes)
• Spread out labor and income over time
– different crops are planted, harvested, and marketed at different times
• Increased yields = increased income
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Obstacles to Adopting Crop Rotations
• Limited Land Resources
• Farm Specializes in a Few Crops
• Limited Markets for Alternative Crops
– Both for inputs (seed) and outputs
• Unfamiliarity with Plant Families and Disease
Susceptibility
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Customized Rotations
Individual growers can customize crop
rotations to best fit their
resource availability and needs
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What are some rotation crops that are, or could be, grown in Afghanistan?
Grains
Others
Legumes
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COVER CROPPING
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Cover crops can: • Increase water storage
• Suppress weeds
• Improve nutrient management:
– Add carbon to the soil
– Reduce N leaching
– N fixation
• Minimize erosion
• Reduce pest and disease pressure
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Types of cover crops Catch Crops • Fast growing crops that are
grown for short time periods between crops
• Better suited to areas that grow only 1 crop per year – Example: plant post-harvest in
the fall and remove before planting in the spring
• Primary purpose is to take up N remaining from previous crop
• Get incorporated prior to planting next crop
• Usually done in tillage systems Thorup-Kristensen, K., Magid, J., Jensen, L.S., 2003. Catch
crops and green manures as biological tools in nitrogen management in temperate zones. Advances in Agronomy, 79, 227-302
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Types of cover crops
Green manure crops
• High biomass producing crops that serve to restore soil fertility by adding carbon and nitrogen to soil
• Can be grown between crops, like catch crops, or instead of grain crops
• Legume crops
• Can be grown to harvest grain,
or for biomass only
• Also called improved fallows
• Can be done in tillage and zero
till systems
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Types of cover crops
Intercrops
• Planted at the same time as another crop
• Often legume crops – ‘doubled-up’ legumes: two legumes
planted together to increase N fixation, biomass production, and protein yield
• Can be done in tillage and zero till systems
• Difficult in mechanical systems
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Intercrops for pest control: The Push-Pull System
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Questions?