Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies

Winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) as an intermediate crop improves summer-crop yield, soil health, and soil carbon with limited greenhouse gas trade-offs: a meta-analysis

Global demand for biofuels is increasing, intensifying concerns about land competition among food, feed, and fuel production in temperate row‑crop systems. Intermediate crops grown during otherwise fallow periods offer a strategy to expand biofuel feedstock supply while limiting...