1. Seeding Rate and Planting Configuration Affect the Interspecific Function of a Wheat-pea Cover Crop

Cover crop species mixtures have potential to maximize overall biomass as well as net N contribution if temporary immobilization of available N by non-legume species can promote greater N fixation by legumes. The growth and ultimate function of legumes in cover crop species mixtures is often limited, however, by excessive competition with other species, particularly grasses, in the mix. The objective of this work is to identify optimum  cool-season legume-grass cover... N. Nielsen, T. Hussain, R. Matschek, R. Noland, M. Mcculloch