Cover Crop:

Cover crop is the arable land on which plants are sown specifically to reduce the loss of soil, nutrients, and plant protection products during the winter or other periods when the land would otherwise be bare and susceptible to losses.

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Crop Rotation:

Crop rotation is the practice of alternating annual crops grown on a specific field in a planned pattern or sequence in successive crop years so that crops of the same species are not grown without interruption on the same field.

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Lithosphere:

The lithosphere is the rocky outer part of Earth.

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Reduced Tillage:

Tillage involves mechanically turning the soil to prepare the seed bed for planting crops; it can contribute to soil erosion and is an environmental problem worldwide. Reduced tillage is a sustainable management practice during which a minimum of 30% of the soil surface must be covered by the previous crop’s residue following the planting operation.

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Sorption:

Sorption is a general term that describes the retention of a chemical species by a solid component of a soil.

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Technosols:

Technosols are soils subjected to a strong human influence and containing significant amounts of artefacts; they are characteristic of the Anthropocene.

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