Date of Award
8-28-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Agriculture, MSA
First Advisor
Steven Green
Committee Members
Ahmed Hashem; Edward Brown; Joseph Massey
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2021 D58
Abstract
Cover crops have become an important tool in many conservation farming systems. However, impacts of various levels of cover crop biomass on soil health and cash crop growth and development are not fully understood in the Arkansas Delta region. A two-year study was conducted on no-tillage, row crop production farms in order to determine the effects of cover crop termination timing (cover crop biomass production) on soil physical properties and cash crop growth and development in both corn (Zea mays) and soybeans (Glycine max). Cover crop termination timing did not have a significant impact on soil physical properties related to soil health over two cropping seasons. Delaying cover crop termination during the spring, on no-tillage, irrigated farmland in the Arkansas Delta, did not negatively affect cash crop growth and development (including harvest yields) and may lead to further soil health benefits over long-term implementation of high biomass cover crop residues.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Dittlinger, Derek Alan, "Influence Of Cover Crop Termination Timing on Soil Health and Cash Crop Development in The Arkansas Delta Region" (2021). Student Theses and Dissertations. 309.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/309
