Organic broccoli production on transition soils: Comparing cover crops, tillage and sidedress N

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dc.contributor.authorSchellenberg, D. L.en
dc.contributor.authorMorse, R. D.en
dc.contributor.authorWelbaum, Gregory E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:32Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:32Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractLittle information is available about how farmers in transition to organic practices should manage short- and long-term N fertility. The objectives of this research were (1) to evaluate the leguminous cover crops lablab (Dolichos lablab L.), soybean (Glycine max L.), sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) and a mixture of sunn hemp and cowpea (Vigna sinensis Endl.) as N sources; (2) to compare N availability and broccoli yield when cover crops were incorporated with conventional tillage (CT) or retained as a surface mulch using no-tillage (NT) practices; and (3) to quantify the amount of supplemental sidedress nitrogen required to maximize the yield of organic broccoli (Brassica oleracea Group Italica) on transition soils. Broccoli was grown during the first year after organic transition in the spring and fall of 2006 at the Kentland Agricultural Research Farm near Blacksburg, VA. Spring (Pen
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dc.identifier4882en
dc.identifier.citationRenewable Agriculture and Food Systems 24: 85 - 91en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170508002470en
dc.identifier.issn1742-1705en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69115en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 Cambridge University Pressen
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dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectOrganic farmingen
dc.subjectOrganic productionen
dc.subjectBroccolien
dc.subjectLablaben
dc.subjectDolichos lablab L.en
dc.subjectSoybeansen
dc.subjectGlycine max l.en
dc.subjectSunn hempen
dc.subjectCrotalaria juncea l.en
dc.subjectVirginiaen
dc.subjectOrganic transitionen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleOrganic broccoli production on transition soils: Comparing cover crops, tillage and sidedress Nen
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