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Differences of Soil Water Use, Lint and Biomass Yield in No-till and Conventionally Tilled Cotton in the Southern Piedmont
Differences of Soil Water Use, Lint and Biomass Yield in No-till and Conventionally Tilled Cotton in the Southern Piedmont
Author(s)
Endale, Dinku M.
Radcliffe, David E.
Steiner, Jean L.
Cabrera, Miguel L.
McCracken, D. V.
Vencill, B. V.
Lhor, L.
Schomberg, H. H.
Radcliffe, David E.
Steiner, Jean L.
Cabrera, Miguel L.
McCracken, D. V.
Vencill, B. V.
Lhor, L.
Schomberg, H. H.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The southeast, despite its abundant rainfall, suffers short-term summer droughts with detrimental effect on crop yield. No-till production systems provide added insurance against such conditions by improving infiltration, and conserving moisture in drought-prone soils. In three years of experiment near Watkinsville, GA, no-till cotton treatments maintained higher soil moisture content, more vegetative growth and higher lint yield than conventional tillage treatments. A combination of no-till and poultry litter treatments did even better compared to conventional tillage and conventional fertilizer treatments.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date Issued
1999-03
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