Role of annual legume cover crops in efficient use of water and nitrogen

Cropping Strategies for Efficient Use of Water and Nitrogen

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 129-154

  Frye, W W ^a   Blevins, R L ^a   Smith, M S ^a   Corak, S J ^a   Varco, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual legume cover crop; Cover crop selection; Cover crop yield; Legume cover crop; Nitrogen content; Nitrogen use efficiency; Soil water relationship; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103003383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/asaspecpub51.c8     Document Type: Chapter

References (49)

1. Adams, W.E., H.D. Morris, and R.N. Dawson. 1970. Effect of cropping systems and nitrogen levels on corn (Zea mays) yields in the Southern Piedmont Region. Agron. J. 62:655-659.
2. Allison, J.R., and S.L. Ott. 1987. Economics of using legumes as a nitrogen source in conservation tillage systems. p. 145-150. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
3. Auld, D.L., B.L. Bettis, M.J. Dial, and G.A. Murray. 1982. Austrian winter and spring peas as green manure crops in northern Idaho. Agron. J. 74:1047-1050.
4. Beale, O.W., G.B. Nutt, and T.C. Peele. 1955. The effects of mulch tillage on runoff, erosion, soil properties, and crop yields. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 19:244-247.
5. Blevins, R.L., G.W. Thomas, M.S. Smith, W.W. Frye, and P.L. Cornelius. 1983. Changes in soil properties after 10 years continuous non-tilled and conventionally tilled corn. Soil Tillage Res. 3:135-146.
6. Bond, J.J., and W.O. Willis. 1969. Soil water evaporation: Surface residue rate and placement effects. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 33:445-448.
7. Brown, S.M., T. Whitwell, J.T. Touchton, and C.H. Burmester. 1985. Conservation tillage systems for cotton production. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 49:1256-1260.
8. Dabney, S.M., and J.L. Griffin. 1987. Efficacy of burndown herbicides on winter legume cover crops. p. 122-124. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
9. Decker, A.M., J.F. Holderbaum, R.F. Mulford, J.J. Meisinger, and L.R. Vough. 1987. Fall-seeded legume nitrogen contributions to no-till corn production. p. 21-22. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
10. Ebelhar, S.A., W.W.' Frye, and R.L. Blevins. 1984. Nitrogen from legume cover crops for no-tillage corn. Agron. J. 76:51-55.
11. Elliott, L.F., R.I. Papendick, and D.F. Bezdicek. 1987. Cropping practices using legumes with conservation tillage and soil benefits. p. 81-89. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
12. Felton, W.L., D.M. Freebairn, N.A. Fettell, and J.B. Thomas. 1987. Crop residue management. p. 171-193. In P.S. Cornish and J.E. Pratley (ed.) Tillage: New directions in Australian agriculture. Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
13. Frye, W.W. 1986. Economics of legume cover crops. Soil science news and views. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
14. Frye, W.W., J.H. Herbeck, and R.L. Blevins. 1983. Legume cover crops in production of notillage corn. p. 179-191. In W. Lockeretz (ed.) Environmentally sound agriculture. Prager Publ., New York.
15. Frye, W.W., J.H. Herbeck, and R.L. Blevins. 1986. Nitrogen from legume cover crops for no-tillage corn. 1986. Grains research. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.
16. Frye, W.W., J.H. Herbeck, and R.L. Blevins, and J.J. Varco. 1984. Nitrogen from legume cover crops for no-tillage corn. 1984. Agronomy research report. Progress Rep. 281. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.
17. Frye, W.W., O.L. Bennett, and G.J. Buntley. 1985a. Restoration of crop productivity on eroded or degraded soils. p. 335-356. In R.F. Follett and B.A. Stewart (ed.) Soil erosion and crop productivity. ASA, Madison, WI.
18. Frye, W.W., W.G. Smith, and R.J. Williams. 1985b. Economics of winter cover crops as a source of nitrogen for no-till corn. J. Soil Water Conserv. 40:246-249.
19. Hale, J.K., N.L. Hartwig, and L.D. Hoffman. 1984. Cyanazine losses in runoff from no-tillage corn in “living” and dead mulches vs. unmulched conventional tillage. J. Environ. Qual. 13:105-ll0.
20. Hargrove, W.L. 1982. Proceedings of the minisymposium on legume cover crops for conservation tillage production systems. Spec. Publ. 19. Univ. of Georgia College of Agriculture. Univ. of Georgia, Athens.
21. Hargrove, W.L. 1986. Winter legumes as a nitrogen source for no-till grain sorghum. Agron. J. 78:70-74.
22. Hargrove, W.L., and W.W. Frye. 1987. The need for legume cover crops in conservation tillage production. p. 1-5. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
23. Herbek, J.H., W.W. Frye, and R.L. Blevins. 1987. Nitrogen from legume cover crops for no-till corn and grain sorghum. p. 51-52. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
24. Holderbaum, J.F., A.M. Decker, F.R. Mulford, J.J. Meisinger, and L.R. Vough. 1987. Forage contributions of winter legume cover crops in no-till corn production. p. 98-99 In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
25. Hoyt, G.D. 1987. Legumes as green manure in conservation tillage. p. 96-98. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
26. Hoyt, G.D., and W.L. Hargrove. 1986. Legume cover crops for improving crop and soil management in the southern United States. HortScience 21:397-402.
27. Jauregui, H.E.M. 1986. Management of perennial and reseeding legume cover crops for no-tillage corn production. M.S. thesis. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.
28. Lal, R., G.F. Wilson, and B.N. Okigbo. 1978. No-till farming after various grasses and leguminous cover crops in tropical Alfisol. I. Crop performance. Field Crops Res. 1:71-84.
29. Langdale, G.W., R.R. Bruce, and A.W. Thomas. 1987. Restoration of eroded Southern Piedmont land in conservation tillage systems. p. 142-143. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
30. Meyer, D.W. 1987. Influence of green-manure, hayed, or grain legumes on grain yield and quality of the following barley crop in the northern Great Plains. p. 94-95. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
31. Mitchell, W.H., and M.R. Teel. 1977. Winter annual cover crops for no-tillage corn production. Agron. J. 69:569-573.
32. Nanni, C., and C.S. Baldwin. 1987. Interseeding in corn. p. 26-27. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
33. Neely, C.L., K.A. McVay, and W.L. Hargrove. 1987. Nitrogen contribution of winter legumes to no-till corn and grain sorghum. p. 48-49. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
34. Ngalla, C.F., and D.J. Eckert. 1987. Wheat-red clover interseeding as a nitrogen source for no-till corn. p. 47-48. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
35. Ott, S.L. 1987. An economic and energy analysis of crimson clover as a nitrogen fertilizer substitute in grain sorghum production. p. 150-151. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
36. Oyer, L.J., and J.T. Touchton. 1987. Nitrogen fertilizer requirements for corn as affected by legume cropping systems and rotations. p. 44-45. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
37. Phillips, R.E. 1984. Soil moisture. p. 66-86. In R.E. Phillips and S.H. Phillips (ed.) Notillage agriculture: Principles and practices. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York.
38. Smith, M.S., W.W. Frye, and J.J. Varco. 1987. Legume winter cover crops. Adv. Soil Sci. 7:95-139.
39. Scott, T.W., and R.F. Burt. 1985. Cover crops and intercrops of New York. p. 452.00. In Cornell Coop. Ext. Fact Sheet.
40. Touchton, J.T., W.A. Gardner, W.L. Hargrove, and R.R. Duncan. 1982. Reseeding crimson clover as a N source for no-tillage grain sorghum production. Agron. J. 74:283-287.
41. Touchton, J.T., D.H. Rickerl, R.H. Walker, and C.E. Snipes. 1984. Winter legumes as a nitrogen source for no-tillage cotton. Soil Tillage Res. 4:391-401.
42. Triplett, G.B., Jr., D.M. Van Doren, Jr., and B.L. Schmidt. 1968. Effect of corn (Zea mays L.) stover mulch on no-tillage corn yield and water infiltration. Agron. J. 60:236-239.
43. Unger, P.W. 1978. Straw-mulch rate effect on soil water storage and sorghum yield. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 42:486-491.
44. Utomo, M. 1986. Role of legume cover crops in no-tillage and conventional tillage corn production. Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington.
45. Varco, J.J. 1986. Tillage effects on transformation of legume and fertilizer nitrogen and crop recovery of residue nitrogen. Ph.D. diss. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington (Diss. Abstr. 8705310).
46. Wagger, M.G. 1987. Timing effects of cover crop desiccation on-decomposition rates and subsequent nitrogen uptake by corn. p. 35-37. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
47. Wischmeier, W.H., and J.V. Mannering. 1965. Effect of organic matter content of the soil on infiltration. J. Soil Water Conserv. 20:150-152.
48. Worsham, A.D., and R.H. White. 1987. Legume effects on weed control in conservation tillage. p. 113-119. In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.
49. Wright, A.J., and E. Coxworth. 1987. Benefits from pulses in the cropping systems of northern Canada. p. 108 In J.F. Power (ed.) The role of legumes in conservation tillage systems. Soil Conserv. Soc. Am., Ankeny, IA.