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Cover Crops Reduce Nitrate Leaching in Agroecosystems:A Global Meta‐Analysis by Thapa, Resham, Mirsky, Steven B., Tully, Katherine L.

“…Cover crops are well recognized as a tool to reduce NO3− leaching from agroecosystems. However, their effectiveness varies from site to site and year to year…”
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Finding the right mix: a framework for selecting seeding rates for cover crop mixtures by Bybee‐Finley, K. Ann, Cordeau, Stéphane, Yvoz, Séverin, Mirsky, Steven B., Ryan, Matthew R.

“…Cover crop mixtures have the potential to provide more ecosystem services than cover crop monocultures. However, seeding rates that are typically recommended…”
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Chemical differences in cover crop residue quality are maintained through litter decay by Thapa, Resham, Cabrera, Miguel, Schomberg, Harry H, Reberg-Horton, Chris, Poffenbarger, Hanna, Mirsky, Steven B

“…As plant litter decomposes, its mass exponentially decreases until it reaches a non-zero asymptote. However, decomposition rates vary considerably among litter…”
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Cover crop termination options and application of remote sensing for evaluating termination efficiency by Kumar, Vipin, Singh, Vijay, Flessner, Michael L, Haymaker, Joseph, Reiter, Mark S, Mirsky, Steven B

“…Efficient termination of cover crops is an important component of cover crop management. Information on termination efficiency can help in devising management…”
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Fate of Weed Seeds after Impact Mill Processing in Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic United States by Shergill, Lovreet S., Bejleri, Kreshnik, Davis, Adam, Mirsky, Steven B.

“…Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) technology, such as impact mills that destroy weed seeds in seed-bearing chaff material during grain crop harvest, has been…”
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Cereal rye mulch biomass and crop density affect weed suppression and community assembly in no‐till planted soybean by Menalled, Uriel D., Adeux, Guillaume, Cordeau, Stéphane, Smith, Richard G., Mirsky, Steven B., Ryan, Matthew R.

“…The use of multiple ecological weed management tactics may be an effective solution to weed management challenges associated with reducing tillage. An…”
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Characterization of soil nematode communities in three cropping systems through morphological and DNA metabarcoding approaches by Treonis, Amy M., Unangst, Samantha K., Kepler, Ryan M., Buyer, Jeffrey S., Cavigelli, Michel A., Mirsky, Steven B., Maul, Jude E.

“…We used complementary morphological and DNA metabarcoding approaches to characterize soil nematode communities in three cropping systems, conventional till…”
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Does Narrow Row Spacing Suppress Weeds and Increase Yields in Corn and Soybean? A Meta-Analysis by Singh, Mandeep, Thapa, Resham, Singh, Navdeep, Mirsky, Steven B., Acharya, Bharat S., Jhala, Amit J.

“…Narrow row spacing (<76 cm) could improve crop competitiveness, suppress weeds and might provide yield advantage. Many studies have been conducted to evaluate…”
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Addressing Biases in Replacement Series: The Importance of Reference Density Selection for Interpretation of Competition Outcomes by Leon, Ramon G., Oreja, Fernando H., Mirsky, Steven B., Reberg-Horton, Chris

“…Replacement series are used by researchers to understand how competition-related variables influence dynamics from the individual to the population and…”
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Use of synthetic images for training a deep learning model for weed detection and biomass estimation in cotton by Sapkota, Bishwa B., Popescu, Sorin, Rajan, Nithya, Leon, Ramon G., Reberg-Horton, Chris, Mirsky, Steven, Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.

“…Site-specific treatment of weeds in agricultural landscapes has been gaining importance in recent years due to economic savings and minimal impact on the…”
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Integration of Satellite-Based Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery to Estimate Winter Cover Crop Performance in Cereal Grasses by Jennewein, Jyoti S., Lamb, Brian T., Hively, W. Dean, Thieme, Alison, Thapa, Resham, Goldsmith, Avi, Mirsky, Steven B.

“…The magnitude of ecosystem services provided by winter cover crops is linked to their performance (i.e., biomass and associated nitrogen content, forage…”
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Effects of moisture and temperature on C and N mineralization from surface-applied cover crop residues by Thapa, Resham, Tully, Katherine L., Cabrera, Miguel L., Dann, Carson, Schomberg, Harry H., Timlin, Dennis, Reberg-Horton, Chris, Gaskin, Julia, Davis, Brian W., Mirsky, Steven B.

“…Cover crop (CC) decomposition and subsequent release of nitrogen (N) are highly influenced by residue water potential ( ψ ) and temperature ( T ). To evaluate…”
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Organic and conventional farmers differ in their perspectives on cover crop use and breeding by Wayman, Sandra, Kissing Kucek, Lisa, Mirsky, Steven B., Ackroyd, Victoria, Cordeau, Stéphane, Ryan, Matthew R.

“…Cover crops play an important role in agricultural sustainability. Unlike commodity cash crops, however, there has been relatively little cover crop breeding…”
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Crop Biomass Not Species Richness Drives Weed Suppression in Warm-Season Annual Grass–Legume Intercrops in the Northeast by Bybee-Finley, K. Ann, Mirsky, Steven B., Ryan, Matthew R.

“…Intercropping with functionally diverse crops can reduce the availability of resources that could otherwise be used by weeds. An experiment was conducted…”
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Current outlook and future research needs for harvest weed seed control in North American cropping systems by Shergill, Lovreet S, Schwartz‐Lazaro, Lauren M, Leon, Ramon, Ackroyd, Victoria J, Flessner, Michael L, Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar, Everman, Wesley, Norsworthy, Jason K, VanGessel, Mark J, Mirsky, Steven B

“…Harvest weed seed control (HWSC) comprises a set of tools and tactics that prevents the addition of weed seed to the soil seed bank, attenuating weed…”
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Modeling surface residue decomposition and N release using the Cover Crop Nitrogen Calculator (CC-NCALC) by Thapa, Resham, Cabrera, Miguel, Reberg-Horton, Chris, Dann, Carson, Balkcom, Kip S., Fleisher, David, Gaskin, Julia, Hitchcock, Rick, Poncet, Aurelie, Schomberg, Harry H., Timlin, Dennis, Mirsky, Steven B.

“…Optimal utilization of cover crop (CC) residues in conservation tillage systems require fast-running crop-soil simulation models that can accurately predict…”
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Establishing the relationship of soil nitrogen immobilization to cereal rye residues in a mulched system by Williams, Alwyn, Wells, M. Scott, Dickey, David A., Hu, Shuijin, Maul, Jude, Raskin, Daniel T., Reberg-Horton, S. Chris, Mirsky, Steven B.

“…Background and aims Soil nitrogen (N) immobilization from cover crop residues may help suppress weeds. We established a gradient of cereal rye shoot biomass to…”
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Overcoming Weed Management Challenges in Cover Crop–Based Organic Rotational No-Till Soybean Production in the Eastern United States by Mirsky, Steven B, Ryan, Matthew R, Teasdale, John R, Curran, William S, Reberg-Horton, Chris S, Spargo, John T, Wells, M. Scott, Keene, Clair L, Moyer, Jeff W

“…Cover crop–based organic rotational no-till soybean production has attracted attention from farmers, researchers, and other agricultural professionals because…”
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Crop Biomass Not Species Richness Drives Weed Suppression in Warm-Season Annual Grass–Legume Intercrops in the Northeast – Corrigendum by Bybee-Finley, K. Ann, Mirsky, Steven B., Ryan, Matthew R.

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Weed Species and Traits Associated with Organic Grain Crop Rotations in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Teasdale, John R., Mirsky, Steven B., Cavigelli, Michel A.

“…Organic cropping systems are characterized by soil-disturbance events that can be diversified over years through crop rotations and within seasons by varying…”
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