Greg D. Hoyt's scientific contributions

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Legumes were an important component of crop rotations in the southern United States before World War II. In the post-war years, however, inexpensive and abundant fertilizer N diminished the role of N-fixing plants in cropping systems. There has been little research since 1960 on winter legumes in terms of their contribution to soil and crop managem...

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... Intercropping cover crops with orchards can supply forage, which is a sustainable orchard management strategy. Compared with bare orchards, natural grass has a positive effect on soil physicochemical properties, microbial activities, and fruit yield and quality (Hoyt and Hargrove, 1986;Wardle et al., 2001;Milgroom et al., 2007). Monteiro and Lopes (2007) demonstrated that natural grass is more conducive to achieve a balanced supply of mineral elements and improve fruit yield and quality. ...