Table 1.10-5. Effect of termination technique of rye cover corp on corn yields (five-year averages, Virginia).

Table 1.10-5.

Table 1.10-5. Effect of termination technique of rye cover corp on corn yields (five-year averages, Virginia).
Cover crop termination	Corn establishment	Corn grain yield (bu/A)
From W.W. Moschler, G.M. Shear, D.L. Hallock, R.D. Sears, and G.D. Jones. Winter cover crops for sod-planted corn; their selection and management. Agronomy Journal 59:547-551, 1967.
Sprayed when 10–15 inches tall	No-till	93
Mowed at planting, stubble sprayed	No-till	77
Rye harvested as silage at corn planting time, stubble sprayed	No-till	65
Rye plowed under	Conventional till	81