Project Overview
LNC97-118
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1997: $87,823.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1999
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $31,845.00
Region: North Central
State: Ohio
Project Coordinator:
Use of Cover Crop Practices to Control Weeds in Integrated Lower-Chemical Input Systems of Vegetable Production
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: barley, rye, grass (misc. perennial), hay
- Vegetables: broccoli, peppers, tomatoes
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage
- Crop Production: conservation tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research, participatory research
- Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns, feasibility study, agricultural finance
- Pest Management: allelopathy, cultural control, field monitoring/scouting, integrated pest management, mulches - killed, mulches - living, physical control, mulching - plastic, cultivation, mulching - vegetative, weed ecology
- Production Systems: agroecosystems
- Soil Management: earthworms, green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, soil quality/health