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. 2013 Aug;204-205:120–129. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.015

Table 4.

Cover crop above ground and root system traits (Values in brackets give the inter-annual variation over the three experimental years).


Above ground traits
Root system traits
Dry matter
kg ha− 1
Soil coverage
%
Root–shoot ratio
Root length density
cm3 cm− 3
Mustard 3715.5 (± 1298.8) 97.2 (± 15.6) 0.27 (± 0.09) 3.7 (± 0.5)
Rye 1401.4 (± 463.1) 62.3 (± 12.3) 0.44 (± 0.07) 4.2 (± 0.8)