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Performance Of Submerged Cool-Season Annual Crops As A Potential Fish Habitat Enhancement Strategy Of Reservoir Mudflats, Giancarlo Coppola
Performance Of Submerged Cool-Season Annual Crops As A Potential Fish Habitat Enhancement Strategy Of Reservoir Mudflats, Giancarlo Coppola
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Sedimentation and drawdown-induced habitat degradation limits reproduction of structure-associated fishes in flood control reservoirs. Littoral habitat enhancement can be accomplished by planting fast growing crops during winter, when lakebeds are exposed, to provide fish habitat during spring flooding. It remains unclear if species of crops differ in their submerged persistence or habitat quality to fish. I submerged six species of cool-season annual crops in mesocosms and monitored plant architecture over time. Adult plantings of two grasses persisted long enough to potentially be used by juvenile fishes in reservoirs. To assess the habitat quality provided by crops, I evaluated selection by …
Improved Production Practices In A Double-Cropping System With Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) And Wheat (Triticum Aestivum), Tyler Dixon
Theses and Dissertations
With the recent rise of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) prices and the spike in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) prices in 2011, a renewed interest in double-cropping cotton following wheat production occurred. Research was established to improve production practices of double-cropped cotton at three Mississippi locations, Starkville (2012-2013), Brooksville (2012-2013), and Stoneville (2013). Cotton following wheat has the potential to result in a higher return compared to soybeans; however, the financial risk associated with cotton is far greater than with soybeans. Growers should increase seeding rates by 20% when double-cropping cotton following wheat and burn the wheat stubble to maximize yield. …