Research Article
Cover Crop and Fertility Effects on Escherichia coli Abundance in a Composted Poultry Litter-Amended Silt Loam Soil
Table 1
Soil sampling, and cover crop planting and termination dates.
| | Year | Season | Cover crop/main crop | Planting date | Harvest/termination date |
| | 2015-2016 | Fall | Mix of cereal rye, Austrian winter pea, and crimson clover | 15 October 2015 | 5 May 2016 |
| | 2016-2017 | Summer | Soybean | 25 May 2016 | 26 October 2016 | | Fall | Mix of cereal rye, Austrian winter pea, and crimson clover | 27 October 2016 | 5 May 2017 |
| | 2017-2018 | Summer | Field maize | 7 June 2017 | 25 October 2017 | | Fall | Mix of cereal rye, Austrian winter pea, and crimson clover | 26 October 2017 | 30 May 2018 |
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