Sorghum sudangrass as a summer cover and hay crop for organic fall cabbage production

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-233

  Finney, Denise M ^a   Creamer, Nancy G ^a   Schultheis, Jonathan R ^a   Wagger, Michael G ^a   Brownie, Cavell ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Conservation tillage; Cover cropping; No tillage; Organic vegetable production; Sorghum bicolor Sorghum sudanense; Weed management

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; GRASS; HAY; MOWING; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORGANIC FARMING; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PIPERACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 71749100396     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174217050999007X     Document Type: Article

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