Completed Competitive Grant

Spring-seeded smother plans for weed control in corn and soybeans

Project ID: 1996-03

Abstract

Smother plants are specialized cover crops developed for their ability to suppress weeds and may provide an alternative, non-chemical method of weed control. The goal of this project was to define the characteristics and mechanics of establishing a successful spring-seeded smother plant system and to study and exploit the competitive interactions among weeds, smother plants, and the crop.

Lead investigator: Douglas D. Buhler, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory, et al

Year of grant completion: 1999

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Cover crops, double crops, strip cropping, Weed control alternatives (not GMOs)

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