Download or read book No till Planting of Soybeans in Barley Stubble with Chemical Weed Control written by Jerry Lange Hixon and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chemical Weed Control in Soybeans Planted in Nontilled Wheat Stubble written by Tommy Shields Henard and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wheat soybean Doublecropping written by D. J. Boquet and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Cover Crops Profitably 3rd Ed written by Andy Clark and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
Download or read book Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences written by Wade H. Shafer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and dis seminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis, (CINDAS) *at Purdue University in 1957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the ac tivity was transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all concerned if the printing and distribution of the volume were handled by an international publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Corporation of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 19 (thesis year 1974) a total of 10,045 theses titles from 20 Canadian and 209 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for theses titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work. The organization of Volume 19 is identical to that of past years. It consists of theses titles arranged by discipline and by university within each discipline.
Download or read book Steel in the Field written by Greg Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Non chemical Weed Management written by Mahesh K. Upadhyaya and published by CABI. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the principles, concepts, technology, potential, limitations and impacts of various non-chemical weed management options. It contains 12 chapters discussing topics on prevention strategies in weed management, exploitation of weed crop interactions to manage weed problems, cultural methods, cover crops, allelopathy, classical biological control using phytophagous arthropods, bioherbicides (such as mycoherbicides), mechanical weed control, non-living mulches, thermal weed control and soil solarization.
Download or read book Influence of Weed Control in Wheat and Barley on Weeds in Doublecropped No till Soybeans and Grain Sorghum Respectively written by Moussa Mariam Diawara and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrating Cover Crops in No till Corn and Soybean to Diversify Herbicide Resistant Weed Management in the Mid Atlantic written by Jess Marie Bunchek and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread adoption of genetically-engineered, herbicide-resistant (HR) crops have simplified crop rotation diversity and the use of single-tactic, herbicide-based weed management programs. These practices have resulted in an HR weed epidemic, where glyphosate-resistant weeds are especially problematic. Glyphosate-resistant weeds like horseweed [Conyza canadensis (L.)] and pigweeds (Amaranthus spp.) threaten grower productivity and long-term efficacy of common agronomic herbicides. Thus, integrated weed management (IWM) programs that implement both ecological- and herbicide-based tactics are needed in no-till annual grain systems to (1) manage current HR weeds, (2) reduce HR selection pressure for evolution of resistance to other herbicides, (3) preserve effective herbicide technology, (4) enhance environmental stewardship, (5) safeguard soil conservation gains, and (6) maintain farm profits and productivity. To address these goals, we established three field studies at two sites in the Mid-Atlantic and identified combinations of cover crop and herbicide tactics that achieve effective season-long annual weed management, minimize HR selection pressure, and increase sustainability by reducing herbicide inputs. The first two studies assessed the complementarity of cover crops treatments and herbicide programs in corn and soybean, where integrating a cover crop treatment combined with applying a spring, pre-plant burndown herbicide application as well as a POST-emergent application provided the most effective season-long annual weed control. The third study assessed cover crop treatments and varied management practices, such as planting and termination dates, on HR selection pressure reduction at the time of herbicide applications. While cover crops intercepted a portion of the burndown herbicide application from reaching the soil surface, weeds were effectively controlled by the cover crops before the application, thus reducing the HR selection pressure.
Download or read book Monthly Notes Farm Management and Farm Economics written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plowman s Folly written by Edward H. Faulkner and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Faulkner’s masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced in this century. Its new philosophy of the soil, based on proven principles and completely opposed to age-old concepts, has had a strong impact upon theories of cultivation around the world. It was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman’s Folly was first issued, that the author startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With the key sentence, he opened a new era.For generations, our reasoning about the management of the soil has rested upon the use of the moldboard plow. Mr. Faulkner proved rather conclusively that soil impoverishment, erosion, decreasing crop yields, and many of the adverse effects following droughts or periods of excessive rainfall could be traced directly to the practice of plowing natural fertilizers deep into the soil. Through his own test-plot and field-scale experiments, in which he prepared the soil with a disk harrow, in emulation of nature’s way on the forest floor and in the natural meadow, by incorporating green manures into its surface, he transformed ordinary, even inferior, soils into extremely productive, high-yield croplands.Time magazine called this concept “one of the most revolutionary ideas in agriculture history.” The volume is being made available again not only because farmers, ranchers, gardeners, and agriculturists demanded it, but also because it details the kind of “revolution” which will aid those searching for the fruits of the earth in the emerging nations.
Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health. Continuing research is helping to demonstrate the ways that many factorsâ€"economics, biology, policy, and traditionâ€"interact in sustainable agriculture systems. This book contains the proceedings of a workshop on the findings of a broad range of research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The areas of study, such as integrated pest management, alternative cropping and tillage systems, and comparisons with more conventional approaches, are essential to developing and adopting profitable and sustainable farming systems.
Download or read book Developing the System written by Jeffrey Andrew Liebert and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural practices are an integral component of a multi-tactic approach to weed management. In cover crop-based organic rotational no-till soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) production, these practices play a particularly important role in the absence of mechanical weed management. In this system, a fall-planted winter cereal cover crop, such as cereal rye (Secale cereale L.), is mechanically terminated with a roller-crimper in the spring to create a layer of mulch. Soybean is then no-till planted through the mulch, which serves as the primary form of weed suppression. Species and cultivar selection, planting date, planting rate, timing of termination, and fertility management are all common cultural practices that can be used to enhance the weed suppression effects provided by these fall-planted cover crops. Previous research has focused on adjusting these practices to maximize cereal rye biomass and create a thick layer of mulch. However, high biomass production can be difficult to achieve, and thick mulch can impede adequate seed-to-soil contact during soybean planting. To overcome the challenges associated with excessive biomass production, our research investigated cultural practices that enhance shading before and after no-till planting soybean. In this way, our research aimed to optimize both early- and late-season weed suppression, which has the potential to improve soybean performance and economic profitability. Based on differences in plant height and leaf morphology, our first experiment assessed whether intercropping barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and cereal rye would improve shading prior to termination and reduce weed biomass compared with either species in monoculture. In contrast to previous efforts to improve weed suppression through cover crop management, our approach was predicated on enhanced shading without a concomitant increase in biomass production. Conducted from 2012 to 2014 in central New York, the two species were seeded in a replacement series (barley:cereal rye, 0:100 , 50:50, and 100:0). Average weed biomass across all treatments in late summer ranged from 0.5 to 1.1 Mg ha-1 in 2013 and 0.6 to 1.3 Mg ha-1 in 2014. Although weed biomass tended to decrease as the proportion of cereal rye in the mixture increased, soybean population also decreased as the proportion of cereal rye increased in 2013. The results from our partial correlation analyses indicated that shading prior to cover crop termination explained more variation in weed biomass than cover crop biomass. Our second experiment examined the cultural practice of using high soybean planting rates to improve weed suppression by attaining canopy closure more rapidly and maximizing light interception. This tactic can minimize weed germination, decrease weed competitive ability, and reduce the fecundity of weeds that have emerged prior to terminating a cover crop with a rollercrimper, thereby improving long-term weed seedbank management. The experiment was conducted in 2014 in central (Aurora) and eastern (Hurley) New York, and planting rates of 198,000; 395,000; 595,000; 790,000; and 990,000 seeds ha-1 were arranged in a randomized complete block design. Weed biomass decreased and soybean yield increased as soybean population increased at both sites. An asymptotic relationship between increasing soybean population and yield was observed, and the maximum yields were estimated at 2,506 kg ha-1 in Aurora and 3,282 kg ha-1 in Hurley. Partial returns declined beyond the predicted economically optimal planting rates of 650,000 and 720,000 seeds ha-1 in Aurora and Hurley, respectively, as greater seed costs were no longer offset by an increase in soybean yield. Our research has demonstrated that there are meaningful gains to be made by optimizing cultural practices for both cover crop and soybean management. Enhancing early-season shading with cover crop mixtures has the potential to minimize the challenges associated with excessive biomass production, while still maintaining adequate weed suppression. As a complementary cultural practice, high soybean planting rates can improve late-season shading via earlier canopy closure, which contributes to enhanced weed suppression, higher yields, and greater profitability.
Download or read book Integration of Cover Crop Cultivation and Herbicides for Weed Control in No tillage Soybeans written by Timothy Burk Meinershagen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rainfed Farming Systems written by Philip Tow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed. It is necessary to re-assess and understand rain-fed farming systems around the world and to find ways to improve the selection, design and operation of such systems for long term productivity, profitability and sustainability. The components of the system must operate together efficiently; yet many of the relationships and interactions are not clearly understood. Appreciation of these matters and how they are affected by external influences or inputs are important for decision making and for achieving desirable outcomes for the farm as a whole. This book analyses common rain-fed farming systems and defines the principles and practices important to their effective functioning and management.
Download or read book Agricultural Situation written by and published by . This book was released on 1974-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation Tillage including Minimum and No Tillage June 1985 March 1987 written by Jayne T. MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
