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. 2021 Oct 6;12:715940. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.715940

Table 3.

Average (+/– SE) cover crop biomass, aboveground N content, and soil inorganic N in the top 0.3 m at cover crop termination.

2019 2020
AR KY MN AR KY MN
Cover crop biomass (kg/ha) 5,110 ± 321 3,875 ± 224 588 ± 61 6,353 ± 419 3,059 ± 337 1,578 ± 150
Cover crop N content (kg/ha) 34.7 ± 4.2 42.2 ± 3.9 13.6 ± 2.0 64.7 ± 6.0 30.8 ± 2.0 44.6 ± 4.5
Soil inorganic N (kg/ha) after fallow 58.5 ± 0.2 22.5 ± 1.0 19.8 ± 0.6 12.8 ± 2.4 4.4 ± 4.4 11.1 ± 3.5
Soil inorganic N (kg/ha) after cover crop 36.3 ± 2.2 16.8 ± 2.6 10.5 ± 1.9 4.9 ± 4.4 7.8 ± 3.5 6.8 ± 1.0