, including municipal solid waste, cattle or poultry manure, crop residues, and mixture of manure and crop residues. The compost was produced by a range of different groups. Also compost effects were altered by soil types ( Zhang et al., 2014 ). Hence, any
of damage and disease, but there are no specific requirements for size or shape. Treatments Strip tillage. In October, crop residues were incorporated by disking and rye was seeded; the seeding rate was 123 kg·ha −1 in 2010 and 184 kg·ha −1 in 2011
systems under operational conditions. Literature Cited Bakht, J.M.S. Jan, M.T. Shah, Z. 2009 Influence of crop residue management, cropping system and N fertilizer on soil N and C dynamics and sustainable wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) production Soil
higher yield in the next year. Even in the control plot, fertilization during the growth season and remaining crop residues after bell pepper fruits were harvested might contribute some carryover for the next season. Furthermore, sorghum sudangrass was
, especially in organic strawberry production, could also help save producers considerable money ( Sarrantonio, 2007 ). Cover crop residues may be releasing nutrients slowly over the strawberry season, yet it is difficult to assess when and how much nutrients
completely mineralize during the zucchini cropping cycle. However, some of the N contained in the cover crop residues could be potentially available for the next crop. The GM and RC treatments were associated with an increase in marketable zucchini yield
; Somireddy, 2012 ). Similarly, in studies with crop residues, satisfactory weed control has often been reported even in cases in which most of the herbicide was intercepted by surface residue ( Crutchfield et al., 1986 ; Ghadiri et al., 1984 ). This is
manures or crop residues) can reduce nutrient losses because a portion of the nutrients contained is stabilized and is released over time through mineralization. However, the release rate of nutrients from organic sources depends on environmental and soil
, crop residues, kitchen waste, ash, charcoal, and, occasionally, human excrement. The use of crop residues as mulching materials suppresses weeds ( Renard et al., 2012 ; Torres et al., 2000 ). Traditional chinampas are characterized by a high degree of
). The onion had a significant reliance on the previous cover crop residue for N ( Table 3 ). The sunn hemp cover crop and soil appeared to supply ≈90 lb/acre N for the following onion crop. Our modeling of N release in the 3rd year indicated the cover