Completed Competitive Grant

Managing weeds by integrating smother plants, cover crops and alternative soil management

Project ID: 1999-03

Abstract

Any serious attempt to reduce pesticide use must focus on weed management. This project looks at practices to suppress weeds before crop planting, which will improve the effectiveness of other weed control tactics.

Lead investigator: Mike Burkart, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory, et al

Year of grant completion: 2003

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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