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Appendix 6

Cover and Winter Second Crops

The following table lists cover and winter second crops as they are used in Zero Tillage in the sub-tropical and in the tropical regions of Brazil.

Sub Tropics

Tropics

  • Black Oats (Avena strigosa)
  • White Oats (Avena sativa)
  • Blue Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius)
  • White Lupin (Lupinus albus)
  • Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)
  • Italian rye grass (Loliun italicun)
  • Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum)
  • Triticale (Rye/Wheat hybrid )
  • Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
  • Rye (Secale cereale)
  • Oilseed Radish (Raphanus sativas)
  • Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens)
  • Corn Spurrey (Spergula sp)
  • Weed Fallow (various spp.)
  • Pearl Millet (Pennisetun americanum)
  • Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
  • Black Oats (Above 800m) (A. strigosa)
  • Oilseed Radish (Raphanus sativum)
  • Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
  • Crotalaria spp (C. juncea, C.ochroleuca, C.spectabilis and C.paulinea)
  • Pasture Grasses: (B. Decumbens B. raziziensis B. brizantha and B. plantaginea)
  • Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
  • Weed Fallow ( Various species)

Promising new options:

  • Amaranthus (A. ciruentus, A. hydochondriacus)
  • Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
  • Eleusine indica, Guinea sorghums and millets from Cirad/CA