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performance and roles,
48–49
planting and seeds, 51, 96-97,
99
for vegetable production, 38
Crop residue. See Residue
Crop rotations. See also Crop
systems
berseem clover in, 92–94
buckwheat in, 79
corn-soybean systems, 34–36,
72–73
for cotton production,
26–27, 39–40
cowpeas in, 98–99
crimson clover in, 102–103
dryland cereal-legume systems,
40–42
fertilizer application, 10
field peas in, 106, 108–109
foxtail millet in, 160
hairy vetch in, 112–113
legumes in, 85
medics in, 121, 123–124
pesticide and herbicide
reduction, 10
planning, 12–15, 34
red clover in, 128, 130
rye in, 66
sorghum-sudangrass hybrids
in, 83–84
sunn hemp in, 161
for vegetable production,
36–39
winter wheat in, 72–73
Crop systems. See also Crop
rotations
berseem clover, 92–94
cowpeas, 98–99
field peas, 108–111
hairy vetch, 117–118
incorporating cover crops,
13
sorghum-sudangrass hybrids,
83–84
subterranean clovers,
137–138
sweetclovers, 145–146
white clover, 149–150
Crotalaria juncea. See Sunn
hemp
Crowder peas. See Cowpeas
Cultivation
comparison of, 46, 52–53
cowpeas, 98
in disease management,
29–30
field peas, 108
hairy vetch, 116
red clover, 129–130
D
Dairy farming, 14
Damping off, 30
Data collection for trials, 157
Decomposition
carbon to nitrogen ratio,
22–23
crimson clover, 103–104
of grasses, 54
microorganisms in, 17–18, 19
Denitrification, 24
Disease management and
sources
annual ryegrass, 57
balansa clover, 158
barley, 60, 61
berseem clover, 91
black oats, 159
in corn-soybean system, 36
cover crop benefits, 10, 27,
29–32
cowpeas, 96, 97–98
crimson clover, 103, 104
field peas, 108
hairy vetch, 117
lupins, 161
medics, 125
oats, 64
red clover, 130–131
rye, 57–71
sorghum-sudangrass hybrids,
81–83, 85
species comparison, 45–46,
52–53
subterranean clovers, 136
sunn hemp, 161
sweetclover, 145
vegetable production, 37
wheat, 76
white clover, 149, 150
woollypod vetch, 154
Disking. See Tillage
Drought. See also Soil moisture
berseem clover, 90
hairy vetch, 114
sweetclovers, 140–14
Dryland production
cereal-legume crop rotations,
40–42
cover crops, 11
field peas, 106, 107, 108–109
medics, 120, 125
sweetclovers, 139–146, 144,
146
Dry matter. See Residue
Dutch white clover. See Clover,
white
E
Economics. See Costs
Egyptian clover. See Clover,
berseem
Eragrostis tef. See Teff
Erosion prevention
annual ryegrass, 55
barley, 58
cover crops, 10–11, 16
medics, 121
mixtures, 86–87
performance and roles of
species, 44, 48
regional species comparison,
47
rye,66
white clover, 149
winter wheat, 72
Establishment. See
Seeding/seeds, specific cover
crops
Estrogen, 136
INDEX 203