PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Elmore, C. D. AU - Wesley, R. A. AU - Heatherly, L. G. TI - Stale seedbed production of soybeans with a wheat cover crop DP - 1992 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation PG - 187--190 VI - 47 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/47/2/187.short 4100 - http://www.jswconline.org/content/47/2/187.full AB - Stale seedbed planting is a technique soybean producers have begun to adopt for the clay soils of the Delta. It is defined as planting in a smooth, weedy, but not recently disturbed seedbed. On these clay soils of the Delta, erosion may be a problem if a fall or winter tillage operation is necessary to smooth the seedbed, leaving no soil cover from residue or vegetation during the rainy, winter season. Wheat was investigated as a cover crop. Wheat as a cover crop did provide sufficient soil cover from vegetation, although in most years natural winter vegetation also was sufficient. Wheat as a cover crop did not affect soybean yields in any year of three experiments conducted over 6 years.