The question here is whether to sow on the row or within the inter-row. Sowing on the previous years row instead of the previous years inter row has been shown to enhance soil water content although it may leave you open to disease threats such as crown rot. This article will look to weigh up...
Research that was conducted in NSW and Queensland has indicated that inter row sowing has proven to be a useful tool when reducing the build up of crown rot innoculum within control traffic systems. In minimum till cropping system the fungus Fusarium pseudograminearum (crown rot) has become concentrated within the rows of the previous years...