EFFECTS OF PERENNIAL GRASSES ON SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS IN COTTON AND PEANUT ROTATIONS IN VIRGINIA

Crop rotation has long been recognized as an important cultural practice for sustaining soil quality, economic stability and yields (Bullock, 1992). Rotations of continuous row crops such as corn and soybean are common in farming systems of the Southeast, particularly utilizing no-till and minimum tillage strategies with cover crops planted t