Southern Conservation Tillage Conference Tallahassee , Florida INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Conservation Tillage for Vegetable Production

Conservation tillage is an effective sustainable production system for vegetables. No-till planters and transplanters and strip-till cultivation equipment are presently available for most vegetables. Lack of weed management tools (herbicides, cultivators, etc.) continues to be the cultural practice that limits adaptability of some vegetables to conservation tillage systems. Nitrogen management ...

Proceedings of the 23 rd Annual Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture “ Agricultural Water Quality and Quantity : Issues for the 21 st Century ”

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth: A threat to conservation tillage

Conservation tillage reduces the physical movement of soil to the minimum required for crop establishment and production. When consistently practiced as a soil and crop management system, it greatly reduces soil erosion and is recognized for the potential to improve soil quality and water conservation and plant available water. Adoption of conservation tillage increased dramatically with the ad...

Weeds Management in Organic Farming through Conservation Agriculture Practices

Despite weeds are a serious threat to promotion of organic farming, relatively less attention is given to research on weed management. This article explores a scope of integration of conservation agriculture for weed control and soil protection under organic farming. Limitation in the use of agro-chemicals under OF promotes intensive tillage for weed control. Mostly, tillage leads to depletion ...

Integrating soil conservation practices and glyphosate-resistant crops: impacts on soil.

BACKGROUND Conservation practices often associated with glyphosate-resistant crops, e.g. limited tillage and crop cover, improve soil conditions, but only limited research has evaluated their effects on soil in combination with glyphosate-resistant crops. It is assumed that conservation practices have similar benefits to soil whether or not glyphosate-resistant crops are used. This paper review...