A comparison of four processing tomato production systems differing in cover crop and chemical inputs

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-568

  Creamer, Nancy G ^a,b   Bennett, Mark A ^a   Stinner, Benjamin R ^a   Cardina, John ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Crimson clover; Hairy vetch; Hordeum vulgare; Lycopersicon esculentum; Mulch; Organic production; Rye; Secale cereale; Soil properties; Sustainable agriculture; Trifolium incarnatum; Vicia villosa; Weed management

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0001014663     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.3.559     Document Type: Review

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