Allelopathic cover crop prior to seeding is more important than subsequent grazing/mowing in Grassland establishment

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Milchunas, Daniel G ^a   Vandever, Mark W ^b   Ball, Leonard O ^c   Hyberg, Skip ^d  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Ball Ranch   (United States)

^d 3772 South Agriculture Building Stop Code 0519   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program revegetation; exotic weed suppression; opportunistic grazing; priority effects from soil legacy; restoration succession; sorghum allelopathy

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ABUNDANCE; ALLELOPATHY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FALLOW; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; NATIVE SPECIES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REVEGETATION; RHIZOME; SEEDING; SORGHUM; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS TECTORUM; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955922140     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00117.1     Document Type: Article

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