Completed Competitive Grant

Evaluation of the impact of tillage/cropping systems on soil microflora and week seedbank predation

Project ID: 1996-34

Abstract

Soil erosion and pesticide use are critical issues in sustainable agriculture. With a view to decreasing the amount of pesticides used for weed control, researchers assessed the impact of tillage, cropping systems and weed management regimes on seasonal and long-term weed and weed seedbank population dynamics, especially in Conservation Reserve Program land being returned to production.

Lead investigator: Micheal D.K. Owen, ISU Agronomy, et al

Year of grant completion: 1999

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

Topics: Weed control alternatives (not GMOs)

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