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Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1980, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1980 annual progress report for the Northeast Research Station in Watertown, South Dakota. This report is issued by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and the South Dakota State University, Plant Science Department. This report includes information on the 1980 crop season, crop history for sunflowers, sunflower variety trials, sunflower population study, hay, silage, sorghum, and a soybean variety study.

Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1980, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This twentieth annual report of the research program at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm has special significance for those engaged in agriculture and the agriculturally related businesses in the nine county area of southeast South Dakota. Reports in this document include information on: temperatures and precipitation data, corn breeding and performance, soybean research and planting, crop rotation, and pest control and other topics.

Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1980, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1980 progress report for the Central Crops and Soils Research Station at Highmore, South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during the 1980 crop season including: weather data, crop rotation, hay, haylage, and silage production, small grain trials, spring wheat breeding, forage experiments, garden information, sunflower research, fodder beets, soybean trials, sheep-ram testing.

West River Agricultural Research And Extension Center Progress Report, 1980, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1980 annual progress report of the West River Crops Soils Research and Extension Center, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. This report includes: a weather summary, small grain variety trials, sunflower variety testing, sorghum variety testing, and management, tillage and cultural practices.

Ratoon Stunting Disease Of Sugarcane: Isolation Of The Causal Bacterium, Michael J. Davis, A. Graves Gillaspie, Russell W. Harris, Roger H. Lawson

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A small coryneform bacterium was consistently isolated from sugarcane with ratoon stunting disease and shown to be the causal agent. A similar bacterium was isolated from Bermuda grass. Both strains multiplied in sugarcane and Bermuda grass, but the Bermuda grass strain did not incite the symptoms of ratoon stunting disease in sugarcane. Shoot growth in Bermuda grass was retarded by both strains.

Dryland Corn Development Under Various Tillage Systems, Wallace Wilhelm

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Corn (Zea mays L.) was grown under dryland conditions in eastern Nebraska to study the influence of tillage practice on plant development and leaf growth characteristics during 1977, 1978, and 1979. Tillage practices used in these experiments were plow, disk, chisel, and no-till. All tillage operations were applied during the spring of each cropping season. Green leaf area increased from emergence through tasseling and then decreased slowly until physiological maturity for all treatments. The maximum green leaf area indices (LAI) averaged 2.14, 2.56, and 1.89 for 1977, 1978, and 1979, respectively. There was no significant tillage treatment effect on …

Effect Of Nitrogen Levels On Metribuzin Tolerance In Tomatoes, Esther H. Nelson, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Challenges Facing The Family Farm - Proceedings Of A Seminar, Tom Sweeney, Peter Hackett, Tim Martella, Ron Punch, Max Trenorden, Ric Collins, David Berryman, Peter Westlund, Kevin Goss, Merle Henning, Pat Smeeton, Eileen Lanahan, Ivy Hall, Derek White, Kingsley Waterhouse, Frank Holland, David Rice, Graham Cooper, Mel Mason, Chris Henschke, John Holmes, Bill Woods, Mike Ewing, Bob Steggle, John Peirce, Peter Stallwood, Kevin Lynch, John Suiter, John Johnston, Peter Mckenzie, Leon English, Jack Ripley

Journal articles

The papers put forward should be valuable reference to all farmers in the wheatbelt. to bridge the gap between experts and farmers. My aim in organising this seminar was an attempt to bridge the gap between experts and farmers.

Parent-Progeny Regression In Indiangrass: Inflation Of Heritability Estimates By Environmental Covariances, Kenneth P. Vogel, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Families of two indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash] populations were used in this study with a family plot consisting of a parental clone and four half-sib progeny_ The experimental design was a randomized complete block with two replications. The regression of offspring on the parent in the same plot was used to obtain heritability estimates in which environmental covariances might be expected to inflate the parent-offspring covariance. The regression of offspring in one replication with its parent in another replication, and vice versa, was used to obtain heritability estimates whereby environmental covariances should be minimized. Heritability estimates for heading …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 12, Numbers 3 And 4. September–December 1980

The Prairie Naturalist

THE FLORA AND SANDHILLS PRAIRIE COMMUNITIES OF ARAPAHO PRAIRIE, ARTHUR COUNTY, NEBRASKA ▪ K. H. Keeler, A. T. Harrison and L. S. Vescio

USE OF ULTRASONIC SOUND TO ESTIMATE BODY FAT DEPOTS IN THE MALLARD ▪ G. A. Baldassarre, R. J. Whyte and E. G. Bolen

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD BREEDING IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ D. Child, J. Fontaine, T. Gatz, M. Johnson and J. Oswald

SPRING ARRIVAL OF BIRDS AT WOODWORTH, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ K. F. Higgins, L. M. Kirsch, and J. M. Callow

HYBRIDIZATION AND TAXONOMIC STATUS OF GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS AND SHARP-TAILED GROUSE (HYBRIDIZATION IN GROUSE) ▪ D. W. …

Occurrence Of Farming Practices In Idaho: With Special Reference To Remote Sensing, Mark D. Shelton, Joseph Ulliman

Office of the Dean (CAFES) Scholarship

This survey of information was initiated and compiled because of the needs of remote sensing interpreters to identify crops throughout the year on various types of remote sensing imagery. A fairly comprehensive guide to what crops grow in a county and the specific cropping practices has been developed.

The Flora And Sandhills Prairie Communities Of Arapaho Prairie, Arthur County, Nebraska, Kathleen H. Keeler, A. T. Harrison, L.S. Vescio

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The Arapaho Prairie is a 526-hectare (two-section) tract of upland Sandhills prairie located approximately nine miles southwest of the town of Arthur in Arthur Co., Nebraska (Sec. 31, 32 T18N R39W). The Prairie is at the extreme southwest edge of the 52,000-km² Nebraska Sandhills (see Kaul 1975) and is floristically and ecologically typical of the slightly drier, western part of this vegetation type. Sandhills prairie which stretches across much of north central Nebraska is a unique type of "mixed" grassland (Pool 1914, Rydberg 1931, Tolstead 1942, Weaver 1965) created by impact of the dry, continental climate on the extensive …

Muskrat Population Dynamics And Vegetation Utilization: A Management Plan, Thomas R. Mccabe, Michael L. Wolfe

Aspen Bibliography

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) populations are located in extensive marshes that are managed either privately or by state or federal refuge personnel. Maintenance of a balanced muskrat population is important to marsh management, therefore necessitating accurate density estimates. Feasibility of a vegetational utilization index as a reliable population indicator is being tested at Fish Springs NWR, Utah.

Alfalfa Insect Management Studies 1971-77, G. R. Manglitz, W. R. Kehr, D. L. Keith, J. M. Mueke, J. B. Campbell, R. L. Ogden, T. P. Miller

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Three tests in southwestern Nebraska during 1971 and 1972 evaluated insecticides against the army cutworm. Adult alfalfa weevils did not damage new second growth alfalfa in a small plot study during a 3-year period (1973-1975) at Gothenburg, NE. However, excellent control of larval alfalfa weevils was obtained. These results indicated a need to establish economic threshold levels for the alfalfa weevil in Nebraska to prevent unnecessary use of insecticides. Four tests to control the alfalfa weevil with registered insecticides verified the efficacy of these materials under Nebraska conditions. A series of tests conducted during 1975 at the Mead Field Laboratory …

Proposal For The Conservation Of The Generic Name Picrodendron Grisebach (1859) Against Picrodendron Planchon (1846) (Euphorbiaceae), W. John Hayden, James L. Reveal

Biology Faculty Publications

Petalacte has been in continuous use for this genus of 1-3 species since proposed by D. Don. The only exception was Lessing's misuse of Petalolepis Cassini, from which he excluded the two original Australian species and substituted two from S. Africa. Lessing was not followed by later authors.T he genus was recently revised by Lundgren (in Bot. Notiser 127: 119-124. 1974) and this revision may be consulted for full references.

In Vitro Translation Of The Three Bacteriophage Φ6 Rnas, Diane A. Cuppels, James L. Van Etten, Dwight E. Burbank, Leslie C. Lane, Anne K. Vidaver

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

In vitro translation of the three single-stranded RNAs transcribed in vitro by bacteriophage φ6 RNA polymerase revealed that the large RNA codes for phage proteins P1, P2, P4, and P7, the medium RNA codes for P3, P6, and P10, and the small RNA codes for P5, P8, and P9.

Interpopulational & Species Comparisons Of The Genus Liquidambar, Diana Duckworth

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Growth patterns under controlled conditions and chemotaxonomic techniques involving protein and flavonoid analysis were used to investigate both interpopulational and species comparisons in the genus Liquidambar. Striking differences in budburstinq patterns after a dormant period were seen when comparing L. styraciflua and L. formosana. The latter species showed earlier initiation of growth. Dormancy patterns of L. styraciflua grown under growth chamber conditions showed a latitudinal cline. Cessation of growth occurred later in a Georgia population under both long and short day experimental periods than populations from Missouri and Kentucky. When grown under controlled conditions, flavonoid patterns from L. …

Influence Of Fertilizer Nitrogen And Sulfur On Production Of Malting Barley, G. W. Rehm, R. S. Moomaw

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Studies in north-central Nebraska from 1975 through 1977: 1. Evaluated the malting barley production potential of the irrigated sandy soils of the region. 2. Measured the effect of application of N and S on yield and quality of barley grown for malting purposes. 3. Investigated the ability of N analysis of barley in the vegetative stage to predict protein content of grain at harvest. Data gathered lead to the following conclusions: 1. The potential for production of malting barley on irrigated sandy soils of north-central Nebraska is limited. 2. Yields increased with the application of fertilizer N throughout the study …

Leaf Diffusive Resistance And Relative Water Content As Indications Of Varietal Sensitivity To Drought In Potatoes, Darlene A. Wilcox, Richard A. Ashley

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 12, Number 2. June 1980

The Prairie Naturalist

COMPOSITION OF BEAVER CACHES ON THE TONGUE RIVER IN MONTANA ▪ J. E. Swenson and S. J. Knapp

GRAY PARTRIDGE WINTER MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. W. Schulz

ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS OF NEBRASKA ▪ J. K. Jones, Jr. and J. R. Choate

OBSERVATIONS OF SEVERAL ARCTIC GULLS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ C. A. Faanes and T. A. Gatz

WINTER FOOD HABITS OF NEBRASKA BOBCATS (Felis rufus) C. J Mahan

NOTE

The Meadow Jumping Mouse in Southeastern Montana ▪ W. L. Matthews

Corn Yields From Fertilizer Recommendations Made By Some Soil Testing Laboratories Serving Kentucky, Lloyd W. Murdock, William Hendrick

Agronomy Notes

One of the most economically important services available to Kentucky farmers is that of soil testing and fertilizer recommendations. Fertilizer purchases on the order of 150 million dollars per year are currently made by farmers in Kentucky. Until about 30 years ago there was no routine, rapid method for analyzing soils to determine fertilizer needs. Since then, as better methods were developed, soil testing laboratories have been set up for routine farmer use. For many years only the soil testing service provided through the University of Kentucky (UK) was readily available to farmers in Kentucky. Even though the University still …

Evaluation Of Seedbed Preparation & Alachlor Combinations For Weed Control In Soybeans, Ralph Young

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Alachlor [2'-chloro-2',6'-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl) acetanilide] in combination with linuron [3-(3,4-dichlorphenyl)-1 methoxy-1-methylurea (n'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-Nmehtylures)] and metribuzin [4-amino-6-tert-butyl-3-(methylthio)-as-triazin-5(4H)-one 4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethy-ethyl)-3-(methylthio)-1,2,3-triazin-5(4 H)-one] was evaluated for its control of broadleaf and annual grasses in Mitchell soybeans (Glycine max L.) under four different tillage conditions.

The experiment was conducted in the summers of 1978 and 1979. The tillage treatments evaluated were conventional tillage, double disking, single disking, and no-tillage. Alachlor at 2.2, 2.8, and 3.4 kg/ha was used alone and in combination with metribuzin at 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 kg/ha and linuron at 0.6, 0.8, and 1.2 kg/ha. All treatments were compared with a check which received no …

Inheritance Of Flower Color In Musk Thistle (Carduus Thoermeri), M. K. Mccarty, Francis A. Haskins, H. J. Gorz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Four flower-color phenotypes were observed in a population of musk thistle (Carduus tboermeri Weinm.). This plant has been commonly referred to as C. nutans L. The four phenotypes were: purple corolla and purple pollen, pink corolla and white pollen, white corolla and purple pollen, and white corolla and white pollen. In four generations, 177 self-pollinated individuals of these four phenotypes produced 2123 progeny plants that were classified. Results support the hypothesis that three independent gene pairs were involved in deter- mining the four flower phenotypes. The gene pairs have been designated P/p, W/w, and Pi/pi. It was postulated that …

A Floristic Survey Of The Vascular Plants Of Barren County, Kentucky, George Pryor Johnson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A floristic survey was made of the vascular plants of Barren County, Kentucky. A total of 1190 specimens were collected which represent 603 species, 351 genera and 103 families.

The Asteraceae had the largest number of species of any family, a total of 85. The next largest families were Poaceae and Fabaceae, with 54 and 35 species, respectively. The genus Carex was represented by 24 species, the largest number for any genus.

A description and discussion of the vascular flora of specific sites as well as the county in general is given. An annotated list of species is also presented.

Evaluation Of Bas 9052 & Bas 9021 For Control Of Johnsongrass (Sorghum Halpense) In Soybeans (Glycine Max), Sheryl Rogers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The lack of adequate weed control is one of the major problems encountered in soybean production. Johnsongrass presents one of the most serious weed control problems in the Southeastern United States. numerous herbicides are used in an effort to control johnsongrass, and research is still being conducted to find new herbicides for this purpose. Two of these herbicides are BAS 9021 [6,6-dimethyl-2,4-dioxo- 3[1-[2-(propenyloxy)amino]butylidene]-cyclohexane] and BAS 9052 [2-(n-ethoxybutyrimidoyl)-5-(2-ethylthiopropy1)-3- hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one].

In 1978, johnsongrass control with BAS 9021 at 1.1 and 1.7 kg/ha in sim-le early postemergence or late postemergence applications, or in each of two split applications, was evaluated using the herbicide …

James Valley Agricultural Research And Extension Center Annual Progress Report, 1980, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1980 progress report for the James Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center. The reports in this document represent the research conducted at the Center during 1979. The report includes weather data, information on crop production, soil tillage, irrigation, soil reclamation, performance and variety test, herbicide performances and testing, and other experiments conducted at the Center in Redfield, South Dakota.

A Cropping System For Intensive Grain Production On Sloping Land, Kenneth L. Wells, H. C. Vaught, Morris J. Bitzer, M. W. Russell

Agronomy Notes

From the beginnings of Kentucky Agriculture, soil erosion and related losses in productivity have been major problems for Kentucky farmers. Improved soil conservation practices during the past forty years have been especially significant in the recovery and progress of our agricultural industry. No-tillage methods for crop production, which were pioneered in Kentucky, have proven useful in controlling erosion and holding production at high levels. During recent years, the marketplace has strongly encouraged grain production, with the unfortunate effect that many Kentucky hillsides have been returned to grain production without sufficient erosion control measures. This report describes innovations in use of …

Blueberry Progress Reports, Amr A. Ismail, David E. Yarborough, Delmont C. Emerson, Eric Hanson, John M. Smagula, Edward Mclaughlin, John Frett, G R. Benoit, W J. Grant, F L. Caruso, M G. Zuck, Steven B. Johnson, Simeon S. Leach, Howard Y. Forsythe Jr

Wild Blueberry Research Reports

The 1979 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:

1. Cooperative Extension Activities

2. Plan of Work - FY 1980

3. Weed Control in Lowbush Blueberry Fields

4. Pruning of Blueberries

5. Integrated Management of Blueberry Fields

6. Physiology and Culture of the Lowbush Blueberry

7. Effect of Plant-Water Stress on "Lowbush" Blueberry Growth, Yield and Quality

8. Blueberry …

Sorrel - Effects Of Soil Nutrients, Dock – Control, Lupins - Residual Dicamba. Peas - Herbicide Screening, Rape - Herbicide Tolerance, Ryegrass - Effect On Wheat Yield, ‘Round Up’ - Drift Test, Artichokes - Herbicide Screening., John Moore

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Sorrel - effects of soil nutrients - 80KA39, 80KA40, Dock – control - 80AL74, 80AL76. Herbicides for Spray Graze of Dock in Clover Pasture. J. Tuffley, Albany. Herbicide mixtures for Dock in Clover - R. Pugh, Narrikup. Lupins - residual dicamba - 80MT44. Spray graze with cattle - 80AL80 Peas - herbicide screening - 80AL77. Rape - herbicide tolerance - 80MT45. Ryegrass - effect on wheat yield - 79A32. ‘Round up’ - drift test - 80AL79. Artichokes - herbicide screening - C. Barone, Elliot Road, Wanneroo.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 12, Number 1. March, 1980

The Prairie Naturalist

RESIDUAL SEEDS AS POTENTIAL SPRING WATERFOWL FOODS IN SMALL, MAN-MADE IMPOUNDMENTS ▪ G. A. Baldassarre

NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BATS FROM BADLANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. P. Farney and J. K. Jones, Jr.

PRAIRIE CHICKEN DOMINATED SHARP-TAILED GROUSE INTERACTION ▪ R. A. Schmidt

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA— 1979 ▪ R. N. Randall

THIRD NESTING OF CATTLE EGRET IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ R. A. Schmidt

FIRST BREEDING RECORDS OF THE WHITE-FACED IBIS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ R. A. Schmidt

NOTES

Pinon Jay in North Dakota ▪ R. N Randall, J. Swanick and O. Swanick

Gray-crowned …