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Cultivated Crop Production between Alley Cropping Tree Rows in the Great Plains

Description:
In pdf format, this paper on alley cropping with long-term tree crops and agricultural crops is part of the proceedings of Wind Erosion: An International Symposium/Workshop held at Kansas State University (USA) in 1997.

Accessible from:
http://www.weru.ksu.edu/symposium/proceedings/geyer.pdf

Increasing the Diversity and Efficiency of No-till Rotations

Description:
This Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association on-line manual describes crop rotation schemes which are not usually considered in North American agriculture.

Accessible from:
http://www.mandakzerotill.org/book19/s003.html

Introducing a New Concept in Agriculture

Description:
This relay cropping home page is a US-based resource with a virtual field day, articles, and extension materials.

Accessible from:
http://www.relaycrop.com/

Modified Relay Intercropping

Description:
This Ohio State University Extension (USA) site describes modified relay intercropping (MRI), the planting of soybeans into standing wheat 20 to 30 days prior to wheat harvest.

Accessible from:
http://crawford.osu.edu/ag/mri.htm

Potential of Beans for Crop Diversification in Malawi

Description:
A site for the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) - East Africa explores bean production in Malawi, production systems, and seed multiplication and distribution.

Accessible from:
http://www.isp.msu.edu/CRSP/eastobjectives.htm

Relay and Double Cropping Soybean/Wheat Production Systems Description-v1: This brief 1996 integrated farm information sheet discusses research on the potential for relay and double cropping of soybeans and wheat under dryland and irrigated conditions in Eastern Nebraska, U.S.A.

Accessible from:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/csas/if/relay.htm

Relay Cropping

Description:
This farmwest.com page provides links to information on relay cropping in British Columbia, Canada.

Accessible from:
http://www.farmwest.com/library/chapterindex.cfm?bookid=2&chapterid=29

Relay Cropping in the Willamette Valley

Description:
This Oregon State University (USA) Extension Service Special Report from 1999 describes the methodology and results of a 2-year study of relay cropping with annual ryegrass in the Willamette Valley.

Accessible from:
http://eesc.orst.edu/AgComWebFile/EdMat/SR998.pdf

Relay Cropping Wheat and Soybeans

Description:
This Ohio State University (USA) Extension Factsheet describes the requirements for profitable multiple cropping and wheat and soybean relay cropping systems.

Accessible from:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/pdf/0106.pdf

Relay Intercropping Brassicas into Chile and Sweet Corn

Description:
A New Mexico State University (USA) Guide from 1999 describes interseeding of brassicas in sweet corn and chiles and gives recommendations.

Accessible from:
http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_a/A-609.pdf

Two Crops in One Year: Doublecropping

Description:
A University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension site discusses choice of crops, weed control, and other cultural practices for doublecropping - growing two crops on the same field in the same year.

Accessible from:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/fieldcrops/g1025.htm

Two Crops in One Year: Relay Intercropping

Description:
This 1996 University of Nebraska (USA) Cooperative Extension publication covers crop variety selection, weed control, and other cultural practices for relay intercropping soybeans into winter wheat or oats.

Accessible from:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/fieldcrops/g1024.htm


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