Browsing Agronomy by Author "Blanco-Canqui, Humberto"

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Dedicated bioenergy crop impacts on soil wind erodibility and organic carbon in Kansas

Evers, Byron J.; Blanco-Canqui, Humberto; Staggenborg, Scott A.; Tatarko, John (2013-11-26)

Dedicated bioenergy crops such as perennial warm-season grasses (WSGs) may reduce soil erosion and improve soil properties while providing biomass feedstock for biofuel. We quantified impacts of perennial WSGs and row crops ...
Summer cover crops fix nitrogen, increase crop yield and improve soil-crop relationships

Blanco-Canqui, Humberto; Claassen, M. M.; Presley, DeAnn R. (2012-07-23)

Impact of cover crops (CCs) on winter wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.)] and grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) yields is not well understood. We assessed crop yield and its relationships with CC-induced changes in soil ...