Practicality/discussion topics

Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison (mgs@AAE.WISC.EDU)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 01:00:25 -0500

Howdy, all--

Dale wrote:

> A few things I think might be interesting are:
>
> 1. Getting good kill or supression of cover crops
> - Mechanical vs herbicide
> - Timing and growth stage
> - Pros and cons of various species
>
> 2. Nitrogen dynamics under no-till
> - Mineralization over time
> - Fate of broadcast N (fertilizer and manure)
> - Effect on N requirements of certain crops
>
> 3. Management of some specific weed problem
> - Herbicide vs other approaches
> - Potential losses
> - Rotation and cover crop effects