Completed Competitive Grant

Development and implementation of cost-effective fertilization and tillage management alternatives for improving soil quality in corn-soybean rotations

Project ID: 1998-36

Abstract

A variety of tillage and fertilization treatments for corn were tested in research settings and on producers' farms. Information generated would be used to recommend applications of various crop nutrients in an environmentally safe, cost-effective manner.

Lead investigator: Antonio P. Mallarino, ISU Agronomy

Year of grant completion: 2001

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

Topics: Nutrient management

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