No-till seeded spinach after winterkilled cover crops in an organic production system

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 473-485

  Lounsbury, Natalie P ^a   Weil, Ray R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

low residue; nitrogen synchronization; nutrient cycling; organic no till; soil moisture; soil temperature; soil tilth; spinach; weed suppression

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLE; WEED CONTROL; ZERO TILLAGE;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; MARYLAND; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVENA SATIVA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84941108888     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170514000301     Document Type: Article

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