Sudex cover crops can kill and stunt subsequent tomato, lettuce and broccoli transplants through allelopathy

Grass cover crops can be harvested for biomass or used as a surface mulch to reduce erosion, improve soil structure, suppress weeds and conserve moisture. There is concern, however, that such plantings may affect subsequent crops. We studied the effects of sudex, a sorghum...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Charles Summers, Jeffrey Mitchell, Timothy S. Prather, James Stapleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2009-01-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v063n01p35