Linking soil and water quality with crop performance across a continuum of tillage and management strategies: Enhancing sustainability through soil-health-promoting practices
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2015-01-01
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Delate, Kathleen
Cambardella, Cynthia
Bakker, Matt
Johanns, Ann
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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Comparisons across the three Iowa research sites, with histories ranging from three to 17 years, allowed the research team to examine of the effects of crop rotation history (short vs. longer) and system (organic vs. conventional) on weed management, crop productivity, soil quality and soil microbial communities.
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Agronomy,
Horticulture,
Cover crops double crops strip cropping,
Multi-year rotations low-external input,
Nutrient management,
Economic and environmental impacts,
Manure nutrient and compost management,
Organic production practices and comparisons,
Soils and agronomy,
Water quality quantity and management,
Weed control alternatives