Impact of Cover Crop Planting and Termination Dates on Arthropod Activity in the Following Corn.

ABSTRACT: Relative to fallow-cash crop rotations, the addition of a cover crop can contribute to greater plant diversity and has the potential to conserve predatory arthropods. The transition of arthropods from a cover crop to a subsequent cash crop depends on several factors, such as cover crop biomass production and weather conditions. Information about the effect of cover crop planting and termination dates on arthropods in a subsequent corn system is limited. A two-year field study was conducted in Nebraska in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 to evaluate the impact of cover crop planting and termination dates as a source for arthropods in the subsequent corn. A total of 38,074 and 50,626 arthropods were collected in the first and second year, respectively. In both years, adding a grass cover crop increas

SUBMITTER: Inveninato Carmona G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9365511 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature