Florida has a long association with citrus ( Citrus sp.) production. However, the industry in been devastated by Huanglongbing (HLB) or greening disease Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus). HLB affects tree phloem and eventually causes death. Cover crops, noncash have traditionally used row crop production to improve soil organic matter, for nitrogen fixing, weed control. growers may benefit fro...

By using a stochastic frontier framework, the mutual effect of input use on production risk and inefficiency is investigated. Disentangling this mutual effect proves important for empirical reasons, at least when applied to west Tennessee cotton systems grown after various cover crops. The most striking result is that the stochastic frontier model, when compared with a typical Just-Pope model, ...

Various cultural practices, including the use of cover and rotational crops, composts, tillage systems, and others have been promoted as management options for enhancing soil quality and health. All cultural practices are known to directly or indirectly affect populations of soilborne pathogens and the severity of their resultant root diseases. Soil biology is a major component and contributes ...