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Michael G. Wagger North Carolina State University Dept. of Soil Science P.O. Box 7619 Raleigh, NC 27695-7619 919-515-4269 fax 919-515-2167 michael_wagger@ncsu.edu nutrient cycling in CC based production systems WEST Miguel A. Altieri University of California at Berkeley 215 Mulford Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-3112 510-642-9802 fax 510-642-7428 agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu http://nature.berkeley.edu/~agroeco3 CC to enhance biological pest control in perennial systems Robert Bugg University of California at Davis 159 DANR Building Davis, CA 95616 530-754-8549 fax 530-754-8550 rlbugg@ucdavis.edu CC selection, growth & IPM David Chaney-SAREP Education Coordinator University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8716 dechaney@ucdavis.edu 530-754-8551 fax 530-754-8550 Ron Delaney University of Wyoming Dept. of Plant Sciences P.O. Box 3354 Laramie,WY 82071-3354 307-766-3103 fax 307-766-5549 rdelaney@uwyo.edu semi-arid annual legumes Richard Dick Oregon State University Dept. of Crop & Soil Science Ag and Life Sciences, Bldg 3067 Corvallis, OR 97331 541-737-5718 fax 541-737-5725 Richard.Dick@orst.edu nitrogen cycling & environmental applications of CC systems Charlotte Eberlein University of Idaho Twin Falls Research and Ext. Center 317 Falls Avenue Twin Falls, ID 83303-1827 208-736-3600 fax 208-397-4311 ceberl@uidaho.edu CC for weed control in potatoes Chuck Ingels UC Cooperative Extension 4145 Branch Center Rd. Sacramento, CA 95827-3898 916-875-6913 fax 916-875-6233 caingels@ucdavis.edu farm advisor-pomology, viticulture, & environmental horticulture 178 MANAGING COVER CROPS PROFITABLY
Shiou Kuo Washington State University Research & Extension Center 7612 Pioneer Way East Puyallup,WA 98371 253-445-4573 fax 253-445-4621 Skuo@wsu.edu CC effects on soil, water quality and crop productivity John M. Luna Oregon State University Dept. of Horticulture 4143 Agricultural and Life Sciences Bldg. Corvallis, OR 97331 541-737-5430 fax 541-737-3479 lunaj@bcc.orst.edu CC for integrated vegetable production systems & agroecology Nancy Matheson 3845 Hart Lane Helena, MT 59602 406-227-9161 406-227-0389 nmatheson@imine.net Clara I. Nicholls University of California Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management Division of Insect Ecology Berkeley, CA 94720 510-642-9802 fax 510-642-7428 nicholls@uclink.berkeley.edu CC for biological control in vineyard systems James R. Sims 21 Border Lane Bozeman, MT 59715 tel/fax 406-582-1576 dryland & alternate cropping systems Fred Thomas CERUS Consulting 766 E.Avenue, #C Chico, CA 95926 530-891-6958 fax 530-891-5248 ceruscon@aol.com CC systems specialist for all agricultural crops Dwain Meyer North Dakota State University Loftsgard Hall, Room 470E Extension Service Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-8154 dmeyer@ndsuext.nodak.edu yellow blossom sweet clover specialist REGIONAL EXPERTS 179
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$19.00 Managing Cover Crops Profita
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NETWORK THE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book represent
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FOREWORD Cover crops slow erosion,
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Think of this
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BENEFITS OF COVER CROPS Cover crops
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decompose quickly, especially in wa
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Expect excessive field traffic arou
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5. Settle for the Best Available Co
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ORGANIC MATTER ADDITIONS The benefi
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Cover Crops Can Stabilize Your Soil
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generally a good idea to kill a leg
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• For perennial legumes that have
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MANAGING PESTS WITH COVER CROPS By
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The farmers get weed control by fla
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insects. This approach has been use
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• Subterranean Clover (Trifolium
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does no direct tillage, but aggress
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eplace the cover crop before beans,
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as buckwheat, cowpeas, sorghum-suda
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the couple harrows every two to thr
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Start Where You Are In many instanc
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INTRODUCTION TO CHARTS The four com
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pH Preferred. The pH range in which
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Chart 1 TOP REGIONAL COVER CROP SPE
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Chart 2 PERFORMANCE AND ROLES conti
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Chart 3B PLANTING Cost Cost/A Inoc.
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Chart 4B POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES Sp
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ANNUAL RYEGRASS Lolium multiflorum
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prolonged heat, cold or drought.Tha
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crop for establishing a forage or l
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arley plants from fungus, armyworm
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can increase the fertilizer replace
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cultural and local considerations t
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(339), and by 99 percent in a Calif
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Killing & Controlling Nutrient avai
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ye/vetch/crimson clover,for example
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• In the Corn Belt and northern U
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Wheat Offers High-Value Weed Contro
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BUCKWHEAT Fagopyrum esculentum Type
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Rotations Buckwheat is used most co
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plants fractured subsoil compaction
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press some species of nematodes. Sp
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Incorporated sorghum-sudangrass res
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lodge soil particles. Sunlight is u
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Crimson-Berseem Clover Combo Works
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in water-use efficiency in the tria
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Microorganisms mineralize, or conve
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COWPEAS Vigna unguiculata Also call
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control if you go with rows, using
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drought-tolerant sorghum-sudangrass
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several winter annual legumes that
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In Ohio, crimson clover mixed with
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FIELD PEAS Pisum sativum subsp. arv
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Chill tolerant. Austrian winter pea
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In a “Flexible Green Manure” cr
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values from 13 to 34,but were gener
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year Maryland study that also inclu
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possible, but remember that hairy v
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especially in winter grains. With w
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less biomass than overwintering sta
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Jess Counts on GEORGE for N and Org
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after mid-April planting in souther
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second cutting. Regrowth comes from
Page 129 and 130: RED CLOVER Trifolium pratense Also
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Page 135 and 136: Subclover cultivars often are descr
Page 137 and 138: trample in the seed. Subclover ofte
Page 139 and 140: Crop Systems Interseeded with wheat
Page 141 and 142: SWEETCLOVERS Yellow sweetclover (Me
Page 143 and 144: difficult to establish annual cover
Page 145 and 146: Spring seeding provides yellow swee
Page 147 and 148: enhances soil fertility, texture an
Page 149 and 150: WHITE CLOVER Trifolium repens Also
Page 151 and 152: for several freeze-thaw cycles. Mak
Page 153 and 154: COMPARATIVE NOTES • White clover
Page 155 and 156: Fall planting. Most growers seed at
Page 157 and 158: combining with a belt-type rubber p
Page 159 and 160: Then seed the remainder while walki
Page 161 and 162: screening, a number of farmers have
Page 163 and 164: the seed is relatively expensive. B
Page 165 and 166: Dyer, David A. 1998. Conservation L
Page 167 and 168: OTHER RESOURCES Cover Crops On The
Page 169 and 170: Cal/West Seeds Box 1428 Woodland, C
Page 171 and 172: Pick Seed Canada P.O. Box 304 1 Gre
Page 173 and 174: SARE Northeast Region Office Univer
Page 175 and 176: APPENDIX F REGIONAL EXPERTS These i
Page 177 and 178: David W. Wolfe Cornell University 1
Page 179: Bob Burdette Southern Seed Certific
Page 183 and 184: 20 Bird, George. 1997. Personal com
Page 185 and 186: 59 Clark,A.J. 1993. Managing hairy
Page 187 and 188: 102 Fernholz, Carmen. 1997. Persona
Page 189 and 190: 141 Helm, J.L. and Dwain Meyer. 199
Page 191 and 192: 186 Koume, C.N. et al. 1988. Screen
Page 193 and 194: 226 Mohler, Charles L. 1994.A livin
Page 195 and 196: 267 Plumer, Mike. 1997. Personal co
Page 197 and 198: 309 Shrestha,A. et al. 1996.“Annu
Page 199 and 200: 352 Varco, J.J., J.O. Sanford and J
Page 201 and 202: Bulk Discounts: Except as indicated
Page 203 and 204: INDEX A Alfalfa, 10, 42, 84, 88, 94
Page 205 and 206: performance and roles, 48-49 planti
Page 207 and 208: sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, 85 subt
Page 209 and 210: subterranean clovers, 133, 137 swee
Page 211 and 212: comparative notes, 71 crop systems,
Page 213 and 214: crimson clover for, 102, 103 crop r
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