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comparative notes, 71
crop systems, 34–36, 39, 40,
41, 160
cultural traits, 50
hairy vetch mixtures, 114,
115, 118
management, 68–71
nitrate conservation, 11,
18–19
performance and roles,
48–49
for pest management, 26–27,
30, 32, 70–71
planting and seed, 51, 67-68,
71
Ryegrass, annual, 55–57
advantages and disadvantages,
52–53, 55–56
cultural traits, 50
management, 56–57
vs. perennial, 57
performance and roles,
48–49
planting, 51, 56-57
for vegetable production, 37
Ryegrass, perennial, 13, 57
S
Safflower, 37–39
Secale cereale. See Rye
Seeding/seeds. See also
Interseeding; Reseeding;
specific cover crops
Underseeding
balansa clover, 158
bell beans, 159
black oats, 159
comparison of species, 51
in corn>soybean system, 35
foxtail millet, 160
grasses, 54
lupins, 160
sunn hemp, 161
teff, 161–162
testing on your farm,
156–157
Seed suppliers, 166–170
Sesbania mixtures, 82
Setaria italica. See Foxtail
millet
Shading, 150
Small grains. See also specific
crops
berseem clover as companion
crop, 91
for corn-soybean systems,
35–36, 41
erosion prevention, 11
fertilizer reduction, 10
field pea mixtures, 105,
107–108
humus production, 17
interseeding, 12
medics in rotation, 124
overseeding with berseem
clover, 90
red clover plantings, 129
selecting cover crop for, 13,
14
Small-seeded horse beans. See
Bell beans
Snail medic. See Medics
Soil erosion. See Erosion
prevention
Soil fertility and tilth. See also
Nitrogen management and
sources
annual ryegrass, 55
barley, 58
buckwheat, 78–79
cover crops for improving,
10, 16–24
crop rotations for, 13
dryland cereal-legume
systems, 42
hairy vetch, 113
red clover, 128
regional species comparison,
47
rye,71
sorghum-sudangrass hybrids,
81, 84
species comparison, 43, 48,
52–53
subterranean clovers, 133
sweetclovers, 140
vegetable production, 39
wheat, 73, 74
white clover, 148
woollypod vetch, 152
Soil moisture. See also Drought;
Dryland production
barley, 60
in corn-soybean systems, 35
cover crops for conserving,
11
cowpeas, 96, 98
field peas, 106, 109, 111
foxtail millet, 160
hairy vetch, 114
legumes, 145
medics, 125
mixtures, 86
in nitrogen fixation, 21
potatoes with wheat, 75
rye killing and, 69
subterranean clovers,
132–133, 136, 137
sweetclovers, 146
white clover, 148
Soil organisms, 24. See also
Microorganisms
Soil temperature, 21, 130
Sorghum, 133, 136
Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids,
80–85
advantages and disadvantages,
52–53, 80–81, 84
comparative notes, 80, 84–85
in corn-soybean system, 41
cultural traits, 50
management, 82–84
performance and roles,
48–49
planting and seed, 51, 82, 85
for vegetable production, 37,
38
Sorgoleone, 81
South
berseem clover, 90, 91
crimson clover, 101, 102, 103
field pea crop systems, 108,
109–111, 111
INDEX 209