Abstract
Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth subsp. villosa), as a winter legume cover crop, fixes atmospheric N 2 for following crops and improves the soil. A 3-yr field study (1985-1988) was conducted in the Maryland Coastal Plain and Piedmont to assess the agronomic and economic characteristics of a hairy vetch cover crop on no-till corn (Zea mays L.) compared with corn systems preceded by winter fallow and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cover crops. No-till corn following a hairy vetch cover crop yielded more than no-till corn following winter fallow and winter wheat cover crops at comparable fertilizer N rates in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont over 3 yr. The highest yielding combinations were a hairy vetch cover crop with 120 Ib N/acre in the Coastal Plain and a hairy vetch cover crop with 40 Ib N/acre in the Piedmont [...]
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