Planting date impacts on soil water management, plant growth, and weeds in cover-crop-based no-till corn production

Agriculture & Biology

• planting date 100%
• water management 95%
• cover crops 92%
• no-tillage 83%
• soil water 70%
• weeds 68%
• plant growth 60%
• corn 52%
• volumetric water content 25%
• Vicia villosa 25%
• mulches 24%
• planting 21%
• cash crops 11%
• biomass 11%
• Secale cereale 11%
• Pisum sativum 9%
• rye 9%
• tillage 8%
• weed control 8%
• peas 8%
• biomass production 8%
• Zea mays 7%
• viability 7%
• farmers 6%
• winter 6%
• energy 5%
• crops 4%