Brassica cover crop effects on nitrogen availability and oat and corn yield

Miriam F. Gieske, Victoria J. Ackroyd, Dean G. Baas, Dale R. Mutch, Donald L. Wyse, Beverly R. Durgan

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Abstract

Several brassica cover crops have recently gained popularity in the U.S. Midwest as nitrogen scavengers that are believed to reduce N losses and increase the amount of residual N available to the next cash crop. Field studies were conducted at three sites in Minnesota to determine the effect of fall-planted brassica cover crops on (i) N availability to the subsequent year’s crop of oat or corn, (ii) oat and corn grain yield, and (iii) corn yield response to applied N fertilizer. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and completing the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self-study/755.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)42-44
Number of pages3
JournalPlant Genome
Volume49
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

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