Effect of grass clover ley, green manure and off-farm inputs on nutrient dynamics and crop performance under reduced tillage: Final-report for the CORE Organic II funded project. Work package 5.1

In this reports, the results of work package 5.1 of the TILMAN-ORG project are presented. The goal of WP5 is a more rational use of green manures and off-farm inputs in reduced tillage systems to optimise N utilisation. Work package 5.1 specifically looks into effects of grass-clover ley, green manure and off-farm inputs on nutrient dynamics and crop performance under reduced tillage.
In each chapter a specific trial is discussed. A synthesis of the results is given in the paper Effects of reduced tillage and green manures on nutrient dynamics and crop performance in organic farming systems across Europe (Koopmans et al., submitted).
The authors gratefully acknowledge the TILMAN-ORG consortium and the financial support of the CORE Organic II Funding Bodies, being partners of the FP7 ERA-Net project, CORE Organic II (Coordination of the European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems, project no 249667).