| These studies examined effects of winter cover crops following potato on soil nitrate and over major plant nutrients, pH, and soil organic matter in the Columbia Basin.;Cereals produced more early biomass than rape. Rye, which produced 4.41 Mg ha;The effects of rye on soil NO;Winter wheat and triticale grown on various initial soil NO;An intensively cultivated site was fall-planted to winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), cereal rye (Secale cereal L.), triticale (X triticosecale Wittm), and rape (Brassica napus L.). These winter cover crops were compared to winter fallow over two seasons. During the two experimental periods, soil samples were analyzed for NO... |
