See Also: cover crop(encyclopedia)
crop(1)(dictionary)
crop(encyclopedia)
crop top(dictionary)
crop(2)(dictionary)
crop(dictionary)
WAY GOING CROP(law)
root crop(dictionary)
standing crop(medicine)
energy crop(medicine)

cover crop (sh)




Fast-growing crop, such as rye, buckwheat, cowpea, or vetch, planted to prevent soil erosion, increase nutrients in the soil, and provide organic matter.

Cover crops are grown either in the season during which cash crops are not grown or between the rows of some crops (e.g., fruit trees). See also green manure.