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New roller crimper concepts for mechanical termination of cover crops in conservation agriculture

open access: yesRenewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2009
AbstractRollers crimpers have been used in conservation agriculture to terminate cover crops; however, excessive vibration generated by the original straight-bar roller design has delayed adoption of this technology in the United States. To avoid excessive vibration, producers generally reduce operating speeds that increase the time needed to perform ...
T.S. Kornecki   +3 more
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Cover Crop-Based, Organic Rotational No-Till Corn and Soybean Production Systems in the Mid-Atlantic United States

open access: yesAgriculture, 2017
Cover crop-based, organic rotational no-till (CCORNT) corn and soybean production is becoming a viable strategy for reducing tillage in organic annual grain systems in the mid-Atlantic, United States.
John M. Wallace   +9 more
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The Potential of Cover Crops for Weed Management: A Sole Tool or Component of an Integrated Weed Management System?

open access: yesPlants, 2023
Cover crops are an important component of integrated weed management programs in annual and perennial cropping systems because of their weed suppressive abilities.
Margaret Fernando, Anil Shrestha
doaj   +1 more source

Combining roller crimpers and flaming for the termination of cover crops in herbicide-free no-till cropping systems

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2019
The termination of cover crops in conventional no-till systems is mostly conducted mechanically in combination with herbicides. Combining flaming and roller crimpers could be a viable solution to avoid using herbicides for cover crop termination in farming systems where herbicides are banned, or at least to reduce their use in an integrated management ...
Frasconi, C   +7 more
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Equipment Development to Manage Cover Crops for Small and Urban No-till Farming Systems

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2017
In recent years, cover crop use in no-till organic production systems has steadily increased. Unincorporated cover crop residue forms a mulch layer on the soil surface that protects against erosion, runoff, soil compaction, and weed pressure, while ...
T. Kornecki, S. Prior
doaj   +1 more source

Relationships between Soil Tillage Systems, Nematode Communities and Weed Seed Predation

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2022
Soil tillage is generally recognized as having a negative effect on soil health and weed seed predators. Recent advancements in conservation tillage practices allow for further comparison of how different levels of soil disturbances could influence soil ...
Koon-Hui Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agronomic aspects of cover crops termination with roller crimper

open access: yes, 2021
Cover crops (CCs) are used in conservation systems to deliver a number of ecosystem services, including soil erosion prevention, water infiltration and storage, reduced nutrient losses, increased organic matter content and competition on with weeds. The CCs can be terminated prior to planting the cash crop and residues can remain on the soil surface ...
Daniele Antichi   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Yield stability of silage maize double cropping systems across nine German environments

open access: yesFrontiers in Agronomy, 2023
IntroductionYield and its stability are both vital characteristics to evaluate the viability of cropping systems. However, the current frames of field research hardly allow an accurate evaluation of short-term effect stability.
Fruzsina Schmidt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Organic Spring Cover Crop Termination Practices to Enhance Rolling/Crimping

open access: yesAgronomy, 2019
With organic farming hectarage and cover crop interest increasing throughout the United States, effectively timed cover crop termination practices are needed that can be utilized in organic conservation tillage production systems.
Andrew J. Price   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management Effect on the Weed Control Efficiency in Double Cropping Systems

open access: yesAgronomy, 2023
There are often negative side-effects associated with the traditional (silage) maize cropping system related to the unprotected soil surface. Reducing soil disturbance could enhance system sustainability.
Fruzsina Schmidt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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