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DOI: | 10.2135/cropsci2011.06.0306 |
Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/53/2/611 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/53/2/611 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Flynn, E. Scott;
Moore, Kenneth J.;
Singer, Jeremy W.;
Lamkey, Kendall R. |
Author Affiliation: | Flynn, Moore and Lamkey: Dep. of Agronomy, Iowa State Univ.; Singer: National Lab. for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA |
Title: | Evaluation of grass and legume species as perennial ground covers in corn production |
Section: | Crop ecology, management & quality Other records with the "Crop ecology, management & quality" Section
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Source: | Crop Science. Vol. 53, No. 2, March/April 2013, p. 611-620. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, Wisconsin: Crop Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 10 |
Related Web URL: | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/abstracts/53/2/611 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Notes: Abstract only https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/53/2/611?show-t-f=tables&wrapper=no Last checked: 11/07/2016 Notes: Tables only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis tenuis; Choice of species; Cultivar evaluation; Cultivar variation; Festuca ovina; Festuca pratensis; Ground cover; Legumes; Poa compressa; Poa palustris; Zea mays
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Abstract/Contents: | "Corn (Zea mays L.) stover has been identified as an important feedstock for biofuel production but its removal will likely increase soil erosion. To address this issue 35 species of grasses and legumes were evaluated as potential perennial ground covers (PGCs) in corn. Selection of species encompassed both C3 and C4 species with a wide range of developmental and morphological features. The objectives were to (i) identify species that could support a high level of corn production while requiring minimal management and (ii) identify morphological traits and growth habits of suitable entries as PGC. Over the 3-yr study period species with slow growing and spreading habits were more conducive to corn production, even though these PGCs still caused an average 23% reduction in corn grain yield. Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.), sheep fescue (Festuca ovina L.), Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa L.), fowl bluegrass (Poa palustris L.), and colonial bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris L.) were identified as suitable PGC species. These species were generally shorter and slower to spread into the corn rows compared with other, more aggressive species. Based on these observations an ideotype for future PGC species should be low growing, clump forming, and shade tolerant and have delayed green-up in the spring." |
Language: | English |
References: | 29 |
Note: | Summary appears in CSA News, 58(2) February 2013, p. 11 Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Flynn, E. S., K. J. Moore, J. W. Singer, and K. R. Lamkey. 2013. Evaluation of grass and legume species as perennial ground covers in corn production. Crop Sci. 53(2):p. 611-620. |
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| DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.06.0306 |
| Web URL(s): https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/53/2/611 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/53/2/611 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
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