cover crop practices a california perspective
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69th SWCS International Annual Conference “Making Waves in Conservation: Our Life on Land and Its Impact on Water” July 27-30, 2014 Lombard, ILTRANSCRIPT
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Cover Crops: A California Perspective
Z. Kabir, Ph.D.Conservation Agronomist
California Nutrient Management TeamUSDA‐NRCS
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Adapted from NASA
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Sacramento Valley
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Central Valley, Fresno
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Practices That Accelerate Soil Erosion
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Rain Drops & Soil Erosion
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When Raindrops Impact Bare Soil
Raindrop splash pattern from a slope landscape, (Envr. Soil Physics, Hillel, 2005)
Dislodging soil particles and splashing them 3 to 7 ft away
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Soil Erosion
Sheet: is the uniform removal of a thin film of soil from the land
surface
O’Geen, UC Davis
When sheet flows begin to concentrate on the surface, rill
erosion occurs
Gully: as duration and/or intensity of rain increases and runoff volumes accelerate - create
incised channels
Splash Sheet Rill Gully Channel erosion
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Planting Cover Crops
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Winter Runoff, University of California, Davis
Cover Crop
Fallow
Kabir & Horwath, unpublished
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Grower‐Collaborator Field Site
Winter Fallow (NCC) Winter Cover Crop (CC)
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Discharge Hydrograph Comparing Growers’ Fields
Early Storm Season (December 29th, 2003)
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Kabir & Horwath
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Grower FieldTotal Winter Discharge Comparisons, UC Davis
16.3%
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0.9%Rainfall Discharged as Runoff
Average Peak Runoff Velocity
Fallow (NCC) Cover Crops
0.24 m/s
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Above and Below Ground
B. Pleasant, 2009Mother Earth News
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Cover Crops Roots attract Microbes
Bacteria and fungi are like little fertilizer bags
Exudates: carbohydrates and proteins secreted by roots; attract bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa
Nematodes and protozoa eat exudates and excrete fertilizer
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The world above the ground surface and the world below are very tightly linked.
D. Read
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Glomalin: Soil Protein
S. Wright, USDA‐ARS
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Soil Aggregate Stability
Kabir and Koide, 2002
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Corn Early Tassels in Cover Crop Plots
Fallow plots
CC plots
Kabir & Koide, 2000
CC plots
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Ear Production of Sweet Corn in Different Cover Crops
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Cover Crops in Between the Rows
Smith & Kahn
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Cover Crops in Vineyard
Chuck Ingels, UCCE
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Flowering Cover Crops
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Cover Crops in Walnut Orchard
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Cover Crops in Walnut Orchard
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Cover Crops in Almond Orchard
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Almond Picked Up from the Orchard Floor
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Cover Crops Mowed to Ground Level
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Cover Crops may Serve as Sources of Inoculum for Diseases in Cash Crops
Sclerotinia on vetchVetch
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Rust on Cover Crop may Carry Over to Corn
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Identify What we Want the Cover Crop to Do?
B. Pleasant, 2009Mother Earth News
• Improve Nutrient availability• Improve soil properties• Reduce soil erosion & improvewater quality
• Suppress weeds, pests and diseases• Provide beneficial habitat• Provide surface mulch
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How to Choose a Cover Crop?
B. Pleasant, 2009Mother Earth News
Once we Identify Cover Crop/s We Need
Identify a Planting Windows where the Cover Crop can Fit into Our Crop Rotation
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Thank You
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