{"id":1019,"date":"2021-08-17T16:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:24:29","slug":"cover-crops-under-maize-to-manage-excess-water-and-erosion-in-nw-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/2021\/08\/17\/cover-crops-under-maize-to-manage-excess-water-and-erosion-in-nw-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover crops under maize to manage excess water and erosion in NW England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" In the UK, an increasing maize cropping area and more frequent, more intense rainfall events are accelerating soil erosion and compaction, potentially exacerbating the impacts of flooding and diffuse pollution. Researchers at\u00a0¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ<\/a>\u00a0are assessing whether under-sowing cover crop mixtures in maize affect soil water retention and movement, and soil strength as assessed by penetrometer profiles.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0detrimental impact<\/a> of last year\u2019s maize harvest on our field trial in Cumbria highlighted the need for early establishment of cover crops to achieve durable cover during the winter months. Mesocosm scale experiments will assess the effect of soil water availability on cover crop ground coverage and rhizosheath development, to identify suitable cover crop combinations. These findings will help develop best management practices for soil growing maize.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Cristina McBride-Serrano (c.mcbride-serrano@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This post is part of SHui’s August Newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In the UK, an increasing maize cropping area and more frequent, more intense rainfall events are accelerating soil erosion and compaction, potentially exacerbating the impacts of flooding and diffuse pollution. Researchers at\u00a0¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ\u00a0are assessing whether under-sowing cover crop mixtures in maize affect soil water retention and movement, and soil strength as assessed by penetrometer profiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}