green manure

collocation in English

meanings of greenand manure

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green
adjective
uk /ɡriːn/ us /ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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manure
noun[U]
uk /məˈnjʊər/ us /məˈnʊr/
solid waste from animals, especially horses, that is spread on the land in order to make plants ...
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Examples of green manure

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The incorporation of indigo as greenmanure coincided with land preparation for the succeeding rice crop.
There were strong indications that the carbon:nitrogen ratio in-uenced the greenmanure potential of a species more than its ability to produce biomass.
The fate of nitrogen from incorporated cover crop and greenmanure residues.
Managing crop residue with greenmanure, urea, and tillage in a rice-wheat rotation.
Of the 12 hectares in each cotton block, six would be planted in cotton and six with a greenmanure crop.
In the last decade, interest in greenmanure/cover crops has greatly increased.
However, certain cover crops as greenmanure have been shown to improve soil fertility and crop yields3,24,25, as well as suppress plant-parasitic nematodes26-29.
Mechanization would make green-manuring on a large scale possible because tractor-drawn plows had the capacity to turn over and bury the greenmanure crop.
A split-plot design was chosen with three mineral fertilizer levels as the main factor and 11 greenmanure species as the sub-factor.
The sole function of a greenmanure species is to enhance soil fertility and improve nutrient cycling.
In situation (a), a 'high-quality' greenmanure with fast decomposition and nutrient release is suitable.
Surprisingly, none of the organizations promotes the use of greenmanure.
With all greenmanure species, grain yields of maize increased with increasing amounts of added mineral fertilizer.
This is especially needed for low-quality greenmanure material, where a major fraction of nutrients would be incorporated into stable soil organic matter.
One alter native was seen in cultivating pasture legumes for greenmanure pur poses in arable far ming.
Very few studies have been conducted to explore the potential of banana residue as greenmanure or as compost.
In contrast, in situation (b), a 'low-quality' greenmanure with slow decomposition and nutrient release is more suitable.
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