Amélie C. M. Gaudin's research while affiliated with University of California, Davis and other places

... The content of soil nitrogen is also one of the important factors determining soil functions since it often limits the productivity of soil, prompting fertilizer applications to increase crop yields, especially those of available N (Grandy et al., 2022). As a soil nitrogen pool, the content of SOM will inevitably affect the nutrient supply of soil to crops, thus affecting soil functions (Ramos et al., 2018;Wiesmeier et al., 2019). ...

... As such, cover crops may impede NOW sanitation efforts if this orchard management cannot be completed prior to cover crop establishment. However, mortality of overwintering NOW larvae is increased when mummy nuts on the orchard floor are in cover crop vegetation, likely due to increased decomposition of mummy nuts and/or changes in microclimate (Wilson et al. 2022). Cover crops may also reduce spring egg deposition of first flight moths by interfering with oviposition on mummy nuts on the ground. ...

... Living roots during high precipitation events can enhance infiltration; reduced runoff can contribute to water savings goals and also reduce erosion and off-site movement of pesticides and fertilizers. A recent study in California almond systems found that despite water use by cover crops, the effects on soil moisture and evapotranspiration in almond orchards can be negligible (DeVincentis et al. 2021). Similarly, native grasses in a vineyard ecosystem increased water content at lower soil depths, presumably by increasing water infiltration (Daane et al. 2018), and a review of cover crops in Mediterranean vineyard and olive (Olea europaea) systems found increased water use efficiency with cover crops by increasing deep soil rooting (Novara et al. 2021). ...

... As mentioned above, cover crops are usually planted in the fall, early or late winter, or summer depending on the type of cash crop to be planted after cover crop termination in annual cropping systems [7,[27][28][29]. In orchards and vineyards, cover crops are usually planted in fall or early winter [8,26,30]. The cover crops are generally terminated before the planting of the cash crop in annual cropping systems or before the orchard crops or grapevines resume active growth after dormancy [30] because the termination date can negatively affect the emergence of cash crops [31] and result in crop yield losses [9,18]. ...