2015
Cover crops and phosphorus management to protect water quality in corn-soybean rotations
Contributor/Checkoff:
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Nathan Nelson, Kansas State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Gerard J Kluitenberg, Kansas State University
Kraig Roozeboom, Kansas State University
Peter Tomlinson, Kansas State University
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Project Code:
1570
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Institution Funded:
Brief Project Summary:

The overall goal of the project is to determine the influence of cover crops and phosphorus fertilizer management on water quality and crop yields in a corn/soybean rotation. Specific project objectives include: determining the effect of winter cover crops on field-scale water balance, soil moisture, and crop growth; determining the effect of winter cover crops on runoff volume, sediment, and nutrient losses; and determining the effect of winter cover crops on phosphorus loss from fall broadcast vs. spring injected phosphorus fertilizer management.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, conservationists, engineers

Information And Results
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Final Project Results

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