Cover crop residue and organic mulches provide weed control during limited-input no-till collard production

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dc.contributor.authorMulvaney, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.authorPrice, A. J.en
dc.contributor.authorWood, C. Wesleyen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAlabamaen
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.temporal2005 - 2008en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:25Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:25Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractConservation tillage is an effective means to suppress weeds, improve soil quality, and thus enhance food security. However, limited-input producers are reluctant to adopt these practices because of inadequate weed suppression without herbicide use. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that effective weed control and stable collard yields can be achieved through high-biomass producing cover crops with organic mulches. This system was employed for three consecutive years (2005 - 2008) using forage soybean summer cover crop and mimosa, lespedeza, wheat straw, and a no-mulch control. Mulch use was successful in suppressing broadleaf and sedge weeds over the course of the experiment and demonstrated grass weed suppression after three years. Collard yields were not affected by mulch use and averaged 17,863 kg/ha. The results of this study strongly suggest that limited-input producers may incorporate mulch use in conservation tillage systems without affecting crop yields.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-9 (Soil Quality and Soil Carbon Sequestration)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4848en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sustainable Agriculture 35(3): 312-328en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10440046.2011.554315en
dc.identifier.issn1044-0046en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69078en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group, LLCen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLCen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectLow input agricultureen
dc.subjectOrganic productionen
dc.subjectOrganic mulchen
dc.subjectWeed controlen
dc.subjectDouble cover croppingen
dc.subjectBrassica oleracea L.en
dc.subjectMimosaen
dc.subjectLespedezaen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleCover crop residue and organic mulches provide weed control during limited-input no-till collard productionen
dc.typeAbstracten
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