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Impacts of Cover Crops on Soil Health, Soil Nitrogen Dynamics, and Cytokinin Profiles

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Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Perera, Ushettige Imesha Dimuthuni, Thesis advisor (ths): Thompson, Karen A, Thesis advisor (ths): Emery, Neil, Degree committee member (dgc): Kisiala, Anna, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In Ontario, the dominant cash crop rotations consist of soybean (SB), which is a leguminous crop grown in rotation with maize (MZ) and winter wheat (WW). In addition to these crops, some farmers integrate cover crops (CC) into crop rotation, especially during the fallow period and winter seasons, to reduce nitrogen (N) losses via nitrate (NO3-) leaching and emission of N2 and the… more
Full Text: i IMPACTS OF COVER CROPS ON SOIL HEALTH, SOIL NITROGEN DYNAMICS, AND CYTOKININ PROFILES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and …