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Malting barley; malt quality indices; summer cover crops; sunn hemp; crimson clover; seeding rate; nitrogen management; winter barley
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Winter Malt Barley Growth, Yield, And Quality Following Leguminous Cover Crops In The Northeast United States, Arthur Siller, Heather Darby, Alexandra Smychkovich, Masoud Hashemi
Winter Malt Barley Growth, Yield, And Quality Following Leguminous Cover Crops In The Northeast United States, Arthur Siller, Heather Darby, Alexandra Smychkovich, Masoud Hashemi
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There is growing interest in malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) production in the Northeast United States. This crop must meet high quality standards for malting but can command a high price if these quality thresholds are met. A two-year field experiment was conducted from 2015–2017 to evaluate the impact of two leguminous cover crops, sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.), on subsequent winter malt barley production. Four cover crop treatments –sunn hemp (SH), crimson clover (CC), sunn hemp and crimson clover mixture (SH+CC), and no cover crop (NC) – were grown before …