Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Grants And Education To Advance Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture

Project Overview

LNE01-141
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2001: $155,937.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2005
Matching Non-Federal Funds: $73,290.00
Region: Northeast
State: Maine
Project Leader:
Dr. Eric Gallandt
University of Maine

Diversity – Intensity of Cover Crop Systems: Managing Weed Seed Bank – Soil Health

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Vegetables: broccoli

Practices

  • Crop Production: continuous cropping, cover crops, fallow
  • Education and Training: demonstration, display, extension, farmer to farmer, on-farm/ranch research
  • Natural Resources/Environment: soil stabilization
  • Pest Management: allelopathy, competition, physical control, weed ecology
  • Production Systems: general crop production
  • Soil Management: green manures, organic matter, soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, soil quality/health
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