Project Overview
GNC10-118
Project Type: Graduate Student
Funds awarded in 2010: $9,967.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2011
Grant Recipient:
South Dakota State University
Region: North Central
State: South Dakota
Graduate Student:
Faculty Advisor:
Using Forage Quality Testing to Predict Nitrogen Replacement Value of Cover Crops
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: corn
Practices
- Crop Production: cover crops, no-till, nutrient cycling
- Production Systems: general crop production
- Soil Management: nutrient mineralization
Abstract:
This project was not completed. No Final Report available.
Project objectives:
For each cover crop a Nitrogen Fertilizer Equivalent (NFE)value will be determined. That is, the amount of N that was taken up in the cover crop and made available through mineralization to the following corn crop. This NFE will be compared to the fiber tests of the cover crops to determine the extent of the relationship between fiber content and NFE.
