Green manure

Green manure plants
image of different plants commonly used for green manure crops
A field of clover, a green manure crop

In agriculture, a green manure is a crop specifically cultivated to be incorporated into the soil while still green.[1] Typically, the green manure's biomass is incorporated with a plow or disk, as is often done with (brown) manure. The primary goal is to add organic matter to the soil for its benefits. Green manuring is often used with legume crops to add nitrogen to the soil for following crops, especially in organic farming, but is also used in conventional farming.[2]

  1. ^ Pieters, Adrian J (1927). Green Manuring (PDF). John Wiley & Sons, NY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  2. ^ Larkin, Robert P.; Honeycutt, C. Wayne; Olanya, O. Modesto (2011-05-01). "Management of Verticillium Wilt of Potato with Disease-Suppressive Green Manures and as Affected by Previous Cropping History". Plant Disease. 95 (5): 568–576. doi:10.1094/PDIS-09-10-0670. ISSN 0191-2917. PMID 30731947.