Cover Crop Selection and Management for Agronomic Farming Systems

dc.contributor.author Singer, Jeremy
dc.contributor.author Kaspar, Tom
dc.date 2018-08-10T18:22:38.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T04:43:03Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T04:43:03Z
dc.date.issued 2005-12-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Cover crops can extend the season of active nutrient uptake and living soil cover and thereby reduce nutrient losses in water and sediment. The conversion of the prairies or other native vegetation ecosystems to summer annual grain crops resulted in a shortening of the season of living plant cover and nutrient uptake. Summer annual grain crops, like corn and soybean, accumulate water and nutrients and provide living cover for only about four months (mid-May to mid-September), whereas in natural systems, some living plants are actively accumulating nutrients and water whenever the ground is not frozen (at least 7 months; April-October). As a result, soil nutrients in summer annual cropping systems are susceptible to losses in part because there are periods during each year when active plant uptake and soil cover are absent.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 1836
dc.identifier.contextkey 11987077
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/icm-180809-830
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dc.identifier.submissionpath icm/2005/proceedings/27
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/43741
dc.relation.ispartofseries Proceedings of the Integrated Crop Management Conference
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dc.subject.disciplines Agriculture
dc.subject.disciplines Agronomy and Crop Sciences
dc.title Cover Crop Selection and Management for Agronomic Farming Systems
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