Claim · model-written summary
Cover crop biomass ranged from 430 to 3,440 kg ha −1 across sites, with cereal rye generally producing the most consistent high biomass.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativat0 - Outcome
- Cover crop biomass accumulatione0
- Value
- 430 to 3,440 kg ha −1e0
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Verbatim
e0“Cover crop biomass accumulation varied by site-year, ranging from 430 to 3,440 kg ha −1 , with cereal rye generally being the most consistent producer of high-quantity biomass across site-years”
t0“rice”
Title
Impact of cover crops on furrow-irrigated rice and Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) emergence
Tanner A. King; Jason K. Norsworthy; Thomas R. Butts; et al. Weed Technology 2025. doi:10.1017/wet.2025.4
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect All cover crops reduced rice emergence by up to 30% in one site-year.
- Intervention effect Cereal rye reduced rice groundcover by 13% in one site-year two weeks before heading.
- Intervention effect Cover crops did not affect rough rice grain yield in any site-year.
- Intervention effect Cereal rye reduced Palmer amaranth emergence by 19% relative to no cover crop for April planted rice at Marianna.
- Intervention effect Cereal rye reduced Palmer amaranth emergence by 35% relative to no cover crop for May planted rice at Fayetteville.
- Intervention effect In most trials a cereal cover crop did not reduce Palmer amaranth emergence.
- Intervention effect Legume cover crops generally produced less Palmer amaranth emergence than no cover crop.