ABSTRACT Eight different 3-year cropping systems, consisting of soybean-canola, soybean-barley, sweet corn-canola, sweet corn-soybean, green bean-sweet corn, canola-sweet corn, barley-clover, and continuous potato (non-rotation control) followed by potato as the third crop in all systems, were established in replicated field plots with two rotation entry points in Presque Isle, ME, in 1998. Cro...

Rotation, tillage, and variety main effects on grain yield were all significant in 2002. Rice grain yield, over all treatment combinations, averaged 159 bu/acre, which was 22 bu/acre more than in 2001. Grain yields for the two 3-phase rotations were 180 bu/acre for the rice-corn-soybeans rotation and 177 bu/acre for the rice-corn (wheat)soybean rotation. These yields were slightly better than t...

Food production in sandy soils has evolved significantly, most notably through the advent of integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLSs). ICLSs increase soil cover, which maintains moisture and sequesters carbon (C). Here we investigate influence on physical, chemical, biochemical properties, grain yield (GY) tropical short-time. We compared seven two consecutive crops seasons (with soybean or ma...

Over the last decades, non-cereal crops have been displaced in European cropping systems leading to a significant dependency on imported soybean. Continuous maize under Mediterranean irrigated conditions can lead agronomic and environmental problems. The objective of this work was assess diversified maximize protein production while reducing synthetic N fertilizer use. A field experiment carrie...

With the continuous improvement of mechanization level and development new crop varieties, optimal strip width for intercropping crops is important. In this study, field experiments were conducted to analyze effects different row spacings planting patterns on photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, related enzyme activities maize ear leaves in a maize–soybean system using two (wide–narrow row...

An 11-year field study was initiated in 1979 to monitor population development of Heterodera glycines. Fifty cysts of a race 5 population were introduced into plots in a field with no history of soybean production and that had been in sod for 20 years. Soybean cultivars either susceptible or resistant to H. glycines were grown either in monoculture or rotated with maize in a 2-year rotation. Du...