Cover crop time is nigh - which crops should you use and where?

Cover crop time is nigh - which crops should you use and where?

Mustard plant. Brassica juncea.

Firstly, it is important to say that there are several different names given to what is essentially the same thing, the growing of a second non-commercial crop in between two commercial crops. 

The names originate from the objective in sowing these crops: 

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