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Growth And Yield Of Snap Beans As Affected By Wind Protection And Microclimate Changes Due To Shelterbelts And Planting Dates, Laurie Hodges, Mohd Nazip Suratman, James R. Brandle, Kenneth G. Hubbard

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The effects of wind protection on growth and total and marketahle yields of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) planted at 2-week intervals through the 1994 and 1995 growing seasons were examined. Research was conducted under nonirrigated conditions at the Shelterbelt Research Area, Univ, of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC) near Mead. 'Strike' (white-seeded) and 'Rushmore' (dark-seeded) were planted in locations sheltered from wind stress hy tree windbreaks (shelterbelts) and in locations exposed to normal winds using a randomized complete-block design with a split-split plot arrangement of treatments. Air temperature, soil temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction …