Browsing by Author "Balkcom, Kipling"

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Agroecosystem Management Effects on Carbon And Nitrogen Cycling across a Coastal Plain Catena

Gacengo, Catherine (2008-08-15)

Agricultural activities contribute an annual increase in radiative forcing of about 20%. In southeastern US, use of cover crops in conservation tillage (CsT) has increased in recent years. However, data on soil C and N ...

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling under Conservation and Conventional Tillage in Peanut and Collard Agroecosystems

Mulvaney, Michael (2009-12-18)

Although there has been considerable adoption of conservation tillage by agronomic and vegetable producers in the US, information on nutrient release from organic residues is lacking. Information on release of nutrients ...

Conservation System Impacts on Soil Properties and Water-Use Efficiency in the Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain

Hoegenauer, Kelsey (2014-08-14)

Conservation practices, such as cover cropping, crop rotation, and conservation tillage, have become an integral part in improving and sustaining cropping systems in the Coastal Plain region of the southeastern U.S., where ...

Corn Sustainability for Cellulosic Biofuel and Grain Production in the Southeastern US

Mourtzinis, Spyridon (2013-04-22)

Biofuel production from plant biomass has been proposed as a solution to mitigate fossil fuel use. Corn (Zea mays L.) is an important crop in the Southeast. Its abundance and high yield potential makes it attractive as ...

Cover Crop Effects on Urease Inhibitors

Hull, Noah (2018-07-23)

Urease inhibitors continue to be introduced in the agricultural market, and thus new studies with these products are warranted. The objective of this research was to examine the utility of these inhibitors for reducing ...

Cover Crop Management Practices to Improve Soil Health and Weed Suppression in Cropping Systems

Reiter, Wade (2023-11-27)

Introducing integrated crop-livestock systems into row crop production may provide incentives for producers to plant cover crops and promote soil health benefits on degraded soils of the southeastern United States, but ...

Effect of Rye Residue on Soil Properties and Nitrogen Fertilization of Cotton

Ducamp, Fernando (2008-08-15)

Conservation tillage systems that use rye (Secale cereale L.) as a cover crop have many benefits on soils properties and crop productivity. However, rye biomass could be harvested for alternative uses, which could jeopardize ...

Essays on Using Experimental Agronomic Data to Solve Practical Cropping Decision Problems

Duzy, Leah (2014-05-01)

Across the United States, agronomic research is being conducted that provides agricultural producers with new cropping options; however, without having insight into the profitability or risk associated with the options, ...

Evaluation of a New Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) Cultivar in Alabama

Massey, Jessica (2010-12-07)

The southeastern region of the U.S. is often characterized by soils with low innate fertility exacerbated by a history of tillage. Nitrogen (N) is an important and limiting soil nutrient applied to fields to maximize crop ...

Herbicide Performance and Weed Seedbank Dynamics as Affected by High Residue Conservation Agriculture Systems

Kelton, Jessica (2009-11-12)

With the introduction of glyphosate-resistant crops in the late 1990’s, there has been widespread adoption of conservation agriculture systems throughout the southern portion of the United States, including Alabama. ...

The Impact of Climate Variability on Wheat Growth and Yield

Tapley, Mathew (2012-08-07)

Understanding the environmental factors impacting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield may lead to opportunities to increase yield potential. Variability in climatic conditions during the wheat growing season in the southeastern ...

Influence of Cover Crop Mixtures on Soil Health and Weed Control in Cotton Production Systems

Johnson, Anna (2020-03-06)

The restoration of soil health is a crucial step in maximizing productivity in the historically-eroded Ultisols of the Southeast. The utilization of winter cover crops can potentially improve soil health by increasing ...

Management and Landscape Variability Effects on Selected Coastal Plain Soil Physical Properties

Biscaro, Andre (2008-05-15)

Crop production has become more costly over the years. Improved tillage practice recommendations and implementation of site-specific crop management (SSM) can help farmers achieve soil conservation, better yields, input ...

Management-Dependent Soil Variability and Surface Hydraulic Properties of Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain Plinthic Kandiudults

Cochran, Joe Frank (2010-11-15)

Soil surveys are the foundation for natural resource planning and management and have been developed to illustrate and characterize the spatial variability of our soil resource; however, decade-scale temporal variability ...

Optimization of Standard Depth Control Systems to Improve Row-Crop Planter Performance in the Southeast US.

Poncet, Aurelie M. A. (2016-12-20)

Modern row-crop planters are designed to place individual seeds in the ground at a proper and predetermined depth to promote immediate germination and uniform emergence of seedlings. Seeding depth is manually adjusted by ...

Reduction of Soil Compaction in a Cotton and Peanut Rotation Using Conservation Systems

Simoes, Rui Pedro (2008-08-15)

Southern Coastal plain soils have a long history of intensive continuous monoculture cropping, and are highly weathered due to geoclimatic conditions. These soils pose a challenge to the adoption of conservation agriculture ...