Residual herbicides regularly used in conjunction with conservation tillage to produce corn ( L.) and soybean [ (L.) Merr] are often detected in surface water at concentrations that exceed their U.S. maximum contaminant levels (MCL) and ecological standards. These risks might be reduced by planting glyphosate-tolerant varieties of these crops and totally or partially replacing the residual herb...

Nitrate nitrogen losses through subsurface drainage and crop yield are determined by multiple climatic and management variables. The combined and interactive effects of these variables, however, are poorly understood. Our objective is to predict crop yield, nitrate concentration, drainage volume, and nitrate loss in subsurface drainage from a corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Mer...

The present study examined the effect of land conversion on carbon (C) fluxes using the eddy covariance technique at seven sites in southwestern Michigan (USA). Four sites had been managed as grasslands under the Conservation Reserve Program of the USDA. Three fields had previously been cultivated in a corn/soybean rotation with corn until 2008. The effects of land use change were studied durin...

Weed management systems used by sweet corn growers, including the role of atrazine, are poorly characterized. Management records of 175 fields throughout the major sweet corn production areas of the Midwest were surveyed from 2005 to 2007. Seventy-four percent of sweet corn fields in the Midwest were grown in rotation with soybean or corn. Interrow cultivation was used on 48% of fields, and atr...

this study was conducted under cold temperate climate condition in khorasan during 2006-2008 growing seasons to determine the suitable wheat-based double cropping systems for increase nitrogen agronomic efficiency. a randomized complete block design in split-split plot arrangement with three replicates was used. main plots were crop rotation with five different rotations including wheat:wheat, ...

abstractabout 30 to 50 percent of applied nitrogen fertilizers leached from soil to ground waters which can causes environment contamination and various human health problems. the rotation type can affect nitrogen mobility rate, so it is necessary to study effect of rotation type in on nitrogen movement. in order to evaluate effects of three main rotations in khuzestan province on inorganic for...

Corn rootworm larvae consume maize root tissues, thus negatively impacting plant physiology and function (Riedell 1990; Hou et al. 1997; Riedell and Reese 1999), and impeding harvesting due to stalk lodging (Sutter et al. 1990). Ultimately, larval rootworm feeding reduces yield (Sutter et al. 1990; Spike and Tollefson 1991), and can cause significant economic losses (Metcalf 1986). Pesticides, ...