Search Results - "Sykes, Virginia R."
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Native Forbs Provide Pollinator Resources and Improve Forage Nutrient Composition, Animal Performance, and Pasture Productivity
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-10-2024)“…Pollinator declines and expectations for more sustainable agriculture, including pasture-based enterprises, bring attention to strategies to enhance the…”
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Potential allelopathic interactions from canola and pennycress postharvest roots and stubble
Published in Agrosystems, geosciences & environment (01-12-2023)“…Winter oilseed Brassica plants have several documented allelochemicals; however, most literature revolves around the application of seed meal to fields, or the…”
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Citizen Science in Vegetable Garden Cultivar Evaluation in Tennessee
Published in Horticulturae (01-11-2021)“…Edible food production is a growing area of horticultural interest that can engage multiple generations of rural to urban residents with varying levels of…”
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Is Harvesting Cover Crops for Hay Profitable When Planting Corn and Soybean in Tennessee?
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-06-2022)“…Winter cover crops can improve the soil’s moisture-holding capacity, reduce soil water evaporation, and mitigate water-induced soil erosion; however, economic…”
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Forage Yield, Quality, and Impact on Subsequent Cash Crop of Cover Crops in an Integrated Forage/Row Crop System
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (18-05-2022)“…Dual-use cover crops as forage for livestock could offer ecological and economic benefits when incorporated into rotations with corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean…”
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Do Cover Crops Suppress Weeds in the U.S. Southeast? A Meta-Analysis
Published in Weed science (01-05-2023)“…Cover crops (CCs) have shown great potential for suppressing annual weeds within agronomic cropping systems across the United States. However, the weed…”
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Differential accumulation of heavy metals in soil profile and corn and soybean grains after 15-year poultry litter application under no-tillage
Published in Journal of soils and sediments (01-03-2022)“…Purpose Heavy metal contamination in soil and crop grain due to long-term poultry litter (PL) application is largely unknown under no-till production and…”
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Screening Tall Fescue for Resistance to Rhizoctonia solani and Rhizoctonia zeae Using Digital Image Analysis
Published in Plant disease (01-02-2020)“…Brown patch, caused by , is a destructive disease on tall fescue. Compared with , causes indistinguishable symptoms in the field but varies in geographic…”
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Reduction of Ethanol Yield from Switchgrass Infected with Rust Caused by Puccinia emaculata
Published in Bioenergy research (01-03-2016)“…Switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) is an important biofuel crop candidate thought to have low disease susceptibility. As switchgrass production becomes more…”
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Long‐term conservation agriculture effects on corn profitability in West Tennessee
Published in Crop science (01-05-2022)“…Crop rotations, cover crops, and poultry litter (PL) under no tillage (NT) may improve soil health and crop yields. However, farmers’ adoption depends on…”
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National winter oilseeds review for potential in the US Mid‐South: Pennycress, Canola, and Camelina
Published in Agronomy journal (01-05-2023)“…Winter oilseeds are cool season Brassica crops currently being grown in the upper Midwest and North‐West of the United States. They have the potential to…”
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Crop species in no-tillage summer crop rotations affect soil quality and yield in an Alfisol
Published in Geoderma (01-07-2019)“…Incorporation of cover crops in no-tillage (NT) cropping systems can be constrained by economic and climatic barriers. In such condition, region-specific crop…”
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An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-09-2022)“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely tied to soil health. However, additional biological indicators may also provide insight about C dynamics and microbial…”
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Diversifying corn production systems with living mulches in the southeastern United States
Published in Agronomy journal (01-05-2023)“…Living mulch (LM) production systems are gaining traction as an alternative to the use of annual cover crops in the southeastern United States, warranting…”
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Crop rotation, cover crop, and poultry litter effects on no‐tillage cotton profitability
Published in Agronomy journal (01-05-2021)“…Crop rotations, cover crops, and manures may enhance yields, improve soils, and provide other ecosystem services. However, farmers may be reluctant to adopt…”
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Maximizing soil organic carbon stocks under cover cropping: insights from long-term agricultural experiments in North America
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (15-10-2023)“…Cover crops are widely advocated for increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, thereby benefiting soil health improvement and climate change mitigation. Few…”
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Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health
Published in Geoderma (15-12-2022)“…•Four common indicators of aggregate stability were assessed across North America.•Aggregate stability indicators were moderately correlated with each…”
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Biomass Yield Heterosis in Lowland Switchgrass
Published in Crop science (01-07-2017)“…Biomass yield improvement of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is critical for its use as a viable bioenergy feedstock. Population improvement through…”
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Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics
Published in Soil Science Society of America journal (01-09-2022)“…Farmers, scientists, and other soil health stakeholders require interpretable indicators of soil hydraulic function. Determining which indicators to use has…”
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Linking soil microbial community structure to potential carbon mineralization: A continental scale assessment of reduced tillage
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-05-2022)“…Potential carbon mineralization (Cmin) is a commonly used indicator of soil health, with greater Cmin values interpreted as healthier soil. While Cmin values…”
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