Rescuing Potato from Buckwheat Volunteers with Dr. Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill
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Dr. Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill discusses managing buckwheat volunteers in potato farming to enhance ecosystem services.
"The critical period of cover crop management: A framework for maximizing biomass potential and minimizing volunteers with buckwheat" with Dr. Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill Buckwheat can be a powerful driver of ecosystem services in potato rotations grown in Canada, but with its long-lived seeds and ability to make a whole lot of them in a short time, it can also pose a serious volunteer problem. In this episode, Andrew joins me to discuss how creating a framework to reduce volunteers can help keep this helpful plant from turning into a fearsome weed. Tune in to learn: · How potato farming is done in Canada · What ecosystem services buckwheat provides · What qualities can turn buckwheat from a helpful crop to a difficult to control weed · How combining tools from weed management can help keep buckwheat under control If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70097 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If…
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