Strip tillage and compost influence carrot quality, yield, and net returns

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1073-1079

  Brainard, Daniel C ^a   Corey Noyes, D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial budget analysis; Profitability; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS POWELLII; DAUCUS CAROTA; HORDEUM; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE;

EID: 84867282129     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.8.1073     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Abawi, G.S. and T.L. Widmer. 2000. Impact of soil health management practices on soilborne pathogens, nematodes and root diseases of vegetable crops. Appl. Soil Ecol. 15:37-47.
2. Batra, B.R. and G. Kalloo. 1990. Effect of different levels of irrigation and fertilization on growth and yield of carrot (Daucus carota L.) for root production. Veg. Sci. 17:127-139.
3. Beversluis, B. 2008. Michigan's ban on deer baiting costly even before the hunting season begins. Grand Rapids Press. 14 Sept. .
4. Bienz, D.R. 1965. Carrot splitting and second growth in central Washington as influenced by spacing, time of side-dressing and other cultural practices. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 86:406-410.
5. Bird, G.W. 1977. Population dynamics of Pratylenchus penetrans associated with 3 cultivars of Solanum tuberosum. J. Nematol. 9:265 (Abstract).
6. Brainard, D.C., A. DiTommaso, and C.L. Mohler. 2006. Intraspecific variation in germination response to ammonium nitrate of Amaranthus powellii originating from organic versus conventional vegetable farms. Weed Sci. 54:435-442.
7. Brainard, D.C., E. Haramoto, and D. Noyes. 2012. Tillage and cover crop effects on weed management in snap beans. Abstract no. 57. Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HA.
8. Dartt, B., B.J. Roy, J. Breinling, and V. Morrone. 2002. Costs of processing carrot production in West Central Michigan. Michigan State University, Department of Ag., Food and Res. Economics Series Staff Paper 11687. 9 Apr. 2012. .
9. Douds, D.D., L. Galvez, M. Franke-Snyder, C. Reider, and L.E. Drinkwater. 1997. Effect of compost addition and crop rotation point upon VAM fungi. Agr. Ecosyst. Environ. 65: 257-266.
10. ERS/USDA. 2011. U.S. carrot statistics. Table 12. MI carrots, fresh market and processing, 1960-2009. .
11. Goodman, A.M. and A.R. Ennos. 1996. A comparative study of the response of the roots and shoots of sunflower and maize to mechanical stimulation. J. Expt. Bot. 47:1499-1507.
12. Holmstrom, D., K. Sanderson, and J. Kimpinski. 2008. Effect of tillage regimens on soil erosion, nematodes, and carrot yield in Prince Edward Island. J. Soil Water Conserv. 63: 322-328.
13. Kumar, V., D.C. Brainard, and R.R. Bellinder. 2008. Suppression of Powell amaranth (Amaranthus powellii), shepherd's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), and corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) by buckwheat residues: Role of nitrogen and fungal pathogens. Weed Sci. 56: 271-280.
14. Liebman, M. and C.L. Mohler. 2001. Weeds and the soil environment, p. 210-268. In: Liebman, M., C.L. Mohler, and C.P. Staver (eds.). Ecological management of agricultural weeds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
15. Ligneau, L.A. and T.A. Watt. 1995. The effects of domestic compost upon the germination and emergence of barley and six arable weeds. Ann. Appl. Biol. 126:153-162.
16. Luna, J. and M. Staben. 2002. Using strip tillage in vegetable production systems in Western Oregon. Oregon State University Extension Service Publication: EM 8824.
17. Luna, J.M., J.P. Mitchell, and A. Shrestha. 2012. Conservation tillage in organic agriculture: Evolution toward hybrid systems. Renew. Agr. and Food Syst. (in press).
18. Magdoff, F. and H. van Es. 2000. Building soils for better crops. 2nd Ed. Sustainable Agriculture Publications, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
19. Masabni, J.G. and B.H. Zandstra. 1999. Discovery of a common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) biotype resistant to linuron. Weed Technol. 13: 599-605.
20. McNaughton, K.E., J. Letarte, E.A. Lee, and F.J. Tardif. 2005. Mutations inALS confer herbicide resistance in redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) and Powell amaranth (Amaranthus powellii). Weed Sci. 53:17-22.
21. Menalled, F.B., D.D. Buhler, and M. Liebman. 2005. Composted swine manure effects on germination and early growth of crop and weed species under greenhouse conditions. Weed Technol. 19:784-789.
22. Menalled, F.B., M. Leibman, and D. Buhler. 2002. Impact of composted swine manure on crop and weed establishment and growth. Proc. of the Fifth Workshop of the European Weed Research Society on Physical and Cultural Weed Control. Pisa, Italy. p. 183.
23. Mochizuki, M.J., A. Rangarajan, R.R. Bellinder, T. Björkman, and H.M. van Es. 2007. Overcoming compaction limitations on cabbage growth and yield in the transition to reduced tillage. HortScience 42:1690-1694.
24. Mohler, C.L. 2001. Mechanical management of weeds, p. 139-209. In: Liebman, M., C.L. Mohler, and C.P. Staver (eds.). Ecological management of agricultural weeds. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
25. Roe, N.E. 2001. Compost effects on crop growth and yield in commercial vegetable production systems, p. 123-133. In: Stoffella, P.J. and B.A. Kahn (eds.). Compost utilization and horticultural cropping systems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
26. Sanchez, E.S. and T.L. Richard. 2009. Using organic nutrient sources. Penn State Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension Publication. 20 Feb. 2012. .
27. SAS Institute. 2009. SAS user's guide: Statistics. The SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.
28. Smith, H. 1982. Light quality, photoreception and plant strategy. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. 33:481-518.
29. Stein, D. 2011. 2011 Custom machine and work rate estimates. Michigan State University Extension, MI.
30. Teasdale, J.R. 1998. Cover crops, smother plants, and weed management, p. 247-270. In: Hatfield, J.L., D.D. Buhler, and B.A. Stewart (eds.). Integrated weed and soil management. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI.
31. Warncke, D., J. Dahl, and B. Zandstra. 2004. Nutrient recommendations for Michigan vegetable crops. MSU Extension Bulletin Publication E2934. East Lansing, MI.
32. Widmer, T.L., N.A. Mitkowski, and G.S. Abawi. 2002. Soil organic matter and management of plant-parasitic nematodes. J. Nematol. 34:289-295.
33. Zhu, S., J.R. Mount, and J.L. Collins. 1992. Sugar and soluble solid changes in refridgerated sweet corn (Zea mays L). J. Food Sci. 57:454-457.