Developing a Lookup Table of Carbon to Nitrogen Ratios for Pennsylvania Cover Crops

by MaryBeth Gavin

A nitrogen decision support tool has been developed to provide users with fertilizer recommendations that account for the nitrogen contributions of cover crop residues and soil organic matter in corn cultivation. Two pieces of information about the cover crops at the time of termination are required as inputs to the tool: the nitrogen content and C:N ratio. We developed a lookup table of these values based on a long-term cover crop experiment in central Pennsylvania.

Major: 
Post-doctoral Scholar
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Kathleen Arrington
Poster Number: 
51491