Crop residues management must be adequate in no-tillage systems. Winter millet has shown to produce crop residues of slow decomposition in adequate amounts. The experiment aimed to study growing millet in three sowing times (5/Mar, 25/Mar and 19 Apr/99, under rainfed conditions, five types of crop cut management (at each flowering and no residues; at each flowering with residues; at flowering and no residues; at flowering with residues, no cut) and its effects on soybean yield, grown in succession. It was concluded that millet sown in March and cut at the time of each flowering provided the greatest amounts of crop residues. In general, millet produced large amounts of crop residues and for the 5/Mar and 19/Apr sowing dates, provided the greatest yields for soybean in succession.
Pennisetum typhoides; Glycine max; cut management
