Wilson Faircloth's research while affiliated with University of Florida and other places

... Included in integrated strategies is an increased use of tillage to bury weed seeds at depth beyond successful germination and emergence which threatens adoption and retention of conservation systems (Price et al. 2011(Price et al. , 2016. However, the adoption of cover crops continues to gain attention for their weed suppressive attributes including disrupting establishment and growth of weeds while maintaining crop yield (Aulakh et al. 2015;Norsworthy et al. 2010Norsworthy et al. , 2011Price et al. 2011Price et al. , 2016Price et al. , 2021. Weed suppression after cover crop termination has primarily been shown to be due to plant residue biomass that prevents seed germination and establishment by altering light quantity at the soil surface and providing a physical barrier (Norsworthy et al. 2011;Price et al. 2006;Teasdale 2018). ...

... There were three tiers for SSDI (Tiers 1 to 3), three tiers for sprinkler irrigation (Tiers 5 to 7) and one tier for dryland control (Tier 4) with S3DI embedded withing the dryland tier. All tiers used in this research were 16.5-m wide by 43-m, 46-m, and 61-m long for sprinkler, SSDI, and dryland/S3DI, respectively (Balkcom et al. 2001;Lamb et al. 2010Lamb et al. , 2011Lamb et al. , 2015Lamb, Sorensen, and Butts 2020;Sorensen, Lamb, and Butts 2020). ...

... Approximately one-third of the world's arable land is characterized by arid or semiarid conditions and limited water resources, which reduce the annual crop yields by over 50% (Tuberosa and Salvi, 2006;Toker et al., 2007). Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), as a globally significant cash crop, has been severely affected by drought, making it crucial to explore the strategies of crops to adapt to drought stress to enhance agricultural productivity (Chen et al., 2013). ...

... A shelling efficiency of 98% was reported elsewhere (Chilur and Kumar, 2018). Certain researchers have reported that parameters such as concave size, shelling drum clearance, cylinder speed, the width of the feed gate, and moisture content of groundnuts influence the shelling efficiency of groundnut shellers (Butts et al., 2009;Muhammad and Isiaka, 2019). ...

... Hull-Scrape consists of the destructive collection of plants in the field, followed by detachment of pods from the plants, removal of the exocarp from the pods, and classification according to the pod mesocarp color. Despite being used worldwide, this method is time-consuming, requires skilled labor, and is highly subjective (Colvin et al., 2014). In addition, it does not consider the variability existing within a given production area (Santos et al., 2021;Santos et al., 2022). ...

... Koeler] and U. texana in the absence of herbicide input (Johnson et al. 2010). However, high-residue cover crops, including cereal rye, Italian ryegrass, oats, triticale, and wheat, tested in combination with herbicide programs provided greater weed control and yield advantage relative to no cover (Aulakh et al. 2015;Dobrow et al. 2011;Lassiter et al. 2011). When the cover crop does not produce adequate biomass to provide a dense layer of residue on the ground for weed suppression, the benefits of this weed-preventive measure are limited, and a comprehensive herbicide program will be required for effective weed management (Dobrow et al. 2011;Johnson et al. 2010). ...

... For example, Garcia et al. (2010) reported differences between maturing varieties V and VI in amount of irrigation water applied and IWP of 65 mm and 0.6 kg m -3 , respectively. In addition, in other legumes, responses to irrigation scheduling were associated with differences in growth habits (Rowland et al., 2010) and genetic differences in water use strategies (Farooq et al., 2019). In this context, it is necessary to conduct trials dealing with different irrigation scheduling methods in accordance with the characteristics of different soybean cultivars. ...

... Harvesting too early often results in a high percentage of immature pods and subsequent high risk of post-harvest aflatoxin contamination (Rucker et al., 1994). In addition, low percentages of sound and mature kernels from early harvest decreases peanut price (Lamb et al., 2010). On the contrary, late harvest can result in yield loss due to pod loss from peg decay and/or seed germination. ...

... The integrated study mentioned above found that soil water content was greater in the grazed sites compared with the non-grazed sites at the 30 and 100 cm depth during mid-season cotton production. The authors credited the increased soil water content to increased cotton root biomass during this stage of plant growth (Loison et al., 2012). In addition, in the irrigated treatments, soil water was greater in the grazed plots compared to the non-grazed plots. ...

... For example, early peanut tillage research in Alabama compared conventional tillage and strip tillage across 17 environments and found peanut yield increased at three sites, decreased at five sites, and was equivalent at nine sites (Hartzog & Adams, 1989). More recent research reported greater peanut yields in either a narrow or wide strip tillage system compared to conventional tillage in three out of five Georgia growing seasons (Faircloth et al., 2012). However, both strip tillage systems were only better than conventional tillage in one out of the five growing seasons. ...