Nutrient management with cover crops and compost affects development and yield in organically managed sweetpotato systems

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1423-1433

  Treadwell, Danielle D ^a,b   Creamer, Nancy G ^a   Hoyt, Greg D ^a   Schultheis, Jonathan R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Conventional; Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa); Ipomoea batatas 'Beauregard'; Organic production; Rye (Secale cereale) 'Wrens Abruzzi'; Soil N; Tissue N

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SECALE CEREALE; TROGLODYTINAE; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 54249090747     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.5.1423     Document Type: Article

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