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Title:   Author  item
                                            Allen, Brettitem
                                            Lenssen, Andrewitem
                                            Sainju, Upendraitem
                                            Caesar, Thecanitem
                                            Lartey, Robertitem
                                            Evans, Robert
  Submitted to: World Congress of Soil Science
                                    Publication Type: Proceedings
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2010
                                    Publication  Date: N/A
                                    Citation: N/AInterpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Available water and N fertility are primary constraints to crop production in the northern Great Plains of the USA. A field trial was initiated in 2004 to compare four crop rotations in a complete factorial of two tillage and two management systems.  Rotations were continuous spring wheat (SW), pea-SW, barley hay-pea-SW, and barley hay-corn-pea-SW.  Tillage systems were no till and field cultivator tillage, while management systems were conventional and ecological.  Conventional management included broadcast nitrogen fertilizer, standard seeding rates, and short stubble height.  Ecological management practices varied by crop, and included banded nitrogen fertilizer for cereals, increased seeding rate, delayed planting date for SW, and taller stubble height.  Continuous SW grain yield was 26% lower than SW in more diverse rotations.  Pea grain yield was 18% lower in 2-yr rotations than in more diverse rotations.  Ecologically managed SW yielded 29% less than conventionally managed SW, presumably due to the delayed planting date.  Ecological management of pea resulted in 12% greater yield compared to conventional management.  Tillage system rarely impacted crop yield.  Yield increases in SW were related to increased N use efficiency.


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