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Plant Spacing Demonstration Plot With Jack-O-Lantern And Giant Pumpkins, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Plant Spacing Demonstration Plot With Jack-O-Lantern And Giant Pumpkins, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Plant spacing is known to influence the size of pumpkins. To demonstrate this influence two jack-o-lantern cultivars and two giant pumpkin cultivars were grown at narrow and wide in-row spacings at Coulter's Farm in Westville, Indiana.


Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Observation Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Observation Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Fresh market tomatoes were grown in an unreplicated trial at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. The trial included 11 red beefsteak types, one yellow stuffing type, and one smallfruited yellow type. Yield and average fruit number are reported.


Pumpkin Cultivar Performance In Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Pumpkin Cultivar Performance In Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Pumpkin cultivars and lines were evaluated in plots at Coulter's Farm in Westville, Indiana. This paper presents yield, fruit number, and average fruit size for twenty-one jack-o-lantern types and five pie types.


Specialty Tomato Cultivar Trial For Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard, Dale Rhoads, Sandy Rhoads Dec 2001

Specialty Tomato Cultivar Trial For Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard, Dale Rhoads, Sandy Rhoads

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Colorful tomato salads are a seasonal menu item for some restaurants. The many colors of tomato fruit available include orange, green, white, yellow and, of course, red. Producers growing for this market have a choice of several cultivars of each color, and sometimes several fruit shapes within a color. Many of the cultivars are open-pollinated but some hybrids are available. Prior experience at Rhoads Farm and elsewhere has shown that many open-pollinated cultivars yield poorly under Indiana conditions, making them an unprofitable crop. The trials presented in this report were established to evaluate tomato cultivars for the restaurant salad market.


Fresh Market Tomato Pruning Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Pruning Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Pruning tomatoes is known to increase average fruit size and decrease total yield. Effects on marketable yield and early yield vary among cultivars and with the degree of pruning. This trial was conducted to evaluate a range of pruning treatments on two cultivars grown in the Midwest: Mountain Spring and Florida 91. Florida 91 has a larger vine and is later-maturing than Mountain Spring. The trial was conducted at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.


Plant Spacing Demonstration Plot With Jack-O-Lantern And Giant Pumpkins, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Plant Spacing Demonstration Plot With Jack-O-Lantern And Giant Pumpkins, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Plant spacing is known to influence the size of pumpkins. To demonstrate this influence two jack-o-lantern cultivars and two giant pumpkin cultivars were grown at narrow and wide in-row spacings at Coulter's Farm in Westville, Indiana.


Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Thirty-three supersweet (sh2) sweet corn cultivars were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Ag Center, Wanatah, IN. Yield, ear size, and ear quality are reported.


Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar And Pruning Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2000, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar And Pruning Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2000, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Fresh market tomatoes were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. Nine beefsteak types and one roma type were evaluated in a replicated trial. Plants were grown with and without pruning to evaluate pruning effects on yield and fruit quality. The main benefit of pruning is larger fruit size. For some cultivars, there might be an increase in total yield at the first harvest with pruning, as was seen to a small extent for Mt. Spring. Pruning also reduced the incidence of catfacing, especially for early cultivars. The main drawback of pruning is reduced yield. For pruning to …


Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar And Pruning Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2000, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar And Pruning Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2000, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Fresh market tomatoes were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. Nine beefsteak types and one roma type were evaluated in a replicated trial. Plants were grown with and without pruning to evaluate pruning effects on yield and fruit quality. The main benefit of pruning is larger fruit size. For some cultivars, there might be an increase in total yield at the first harvest with pruning, as was seen to a small extent for Mt. Spring. Pruning also reduced the incidence of catfacing, especially for early cultivars. The main drawback of pruning is reduced yield. For pruning to …


Pumpkin Cultivar Performance In Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Pumpkin Cultivar Performance In Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Pumpkin cultivars and lines were evaluated in plots at Coulter's Farm in Westville, Indiana. This paper presents yield, fruit number, and average fruit size for twenty-one jack-o-lantern types and five pie types.


Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Observation Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Observation Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Fresh market tomatoes were grown in an unreplicated trial at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. The trial included 11 red beefsteak types, one yellow stuffing type, and one smallfruited yellow type. Yield and average fruit number are reported.


Specialty Tomato Cultivar Trial For Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard, Dale Rhoads, Sandy Rhoads Dec 2001

Specialty Tomato Cultivar Trial For Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard, Dale Rhoads, Sandy Rhoads

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Colorful tomato salads are a seasonal menu item for some restaurants. The many colors of tomato fruit available include orange, green, white, yellow and, of course, red. Producers growing for this market have a choice of several cultivars of each color, and sometimes several fruit shapes within a color. Many of the cultivars are open-pollinated but some hybrids are available. Prior experience at Rhoads Farm and elsewhere has shown that many open-pollinated cultivars yield poorly under Indiana conditions, making them an unprofitable crop. The trials presented in this report were established to evaluate tomato cultivars for the restaurant salad market.


Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Thirty-three supersweet (sh2) sweet corn cultivars were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Ag Center, Wanatah, IN. Yield, ear size, and ear quality are reported.


Fresh Market Tomato Pruning Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard Dec 2001

Fresh Market Tomato Pruning Trial For Northern Indiana, 2001, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Pruning tomatoes is known to increase average fruit size and decrease total yield. Effects on marketable yield and early yield vary among cultivars and with the degree of pruning. This trial was conducted to evaluate a range of pruning treatments on two cultivars grown in the Midwest: Mountain Spring and Florida 91. Florida 91 has a larger vine and is later-maturing than Mountain Spring. The trial was conducted at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.


Oestrus Ovis In Sheep: Relative Third-Instar Populations, Risks Of Infection And Parasitic Control, Guillaume Tabouret, Philippe Jacquiet, Philip Scholl, Philippe Dorchies Nov 2001

Oestrus Ovis In Sheep: Relative Third-Instar Populations, Risks Of Infection And Parasitic Control, Guillaume Tabouret, Philippe Jacquiet, Philip Scholl, Philippe Dorchies

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

Oestrus ovis (L.) (Diptera: Oestridae), the nasal bot fly, has a relatively short free-living life cycle outside of the host, and therefore it is necessary to know when the parasitic period occurs in order to prevent the clinical signs and economic losses caused by this parasite. The length of this parasitic portion of the life cycle is quite variable: a few weeks to several months depending on the season and climatic conditions. Surveys of Oestrus ovis larval populations in sheep show different results on the number of generations according to the local climate. Mean monthly larval profiles of L1 and …


Structure And Temporal Dynamics Of Populations Within Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Isolates, Jeffrey S. Hall, Roy C. French, Thomas Jack Morris, Drake C. Stenger Nov 2001

Structure And Temporal Dynamics Of Populations Within Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Isolates, Jeffrey S. Hall, Roy C. French, Thomas Jack Morris, Drake C. Stenger

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

Variation within the Type and Sidney 81 strains of wheat streak mosaic virus was assessed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis and confirmed by nucleotide sequencing. Limiting-dilution subisolates (LDSIs) of each strain were evaluated for polymorphism in the P1, P3, NIa, and CP cistrons. Different SSCP patterns among LDSIs of a strain were associated with single-nucleotide substitutions. Sidney 81 LDSI-S10 was used as founding inoculum to establish three lineages each in wheat, corn, and barley. The P1, HC-Pro, P3, CI, NIa, NIb, and CP cistrons of LDSI-S10 and each lineage at passages 1, 3, 6, and 9 were evaluated for …


Monitoring Subsurface Drainage Flow At Remote Locations, Stephen R. Workman, Stephen F. Higgins, Scott A. Shearer Nov 2001

Monitoring Subsurface Drainage Flow At Remote Locations, Stephen R. Workman, Stephen F. Higgins, Scott A. Shearer

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Laboratory evaluations and field results are presented for a slotted weir used to measure discharge from subsurface drains. The head–discharge curve for the vertical slot is a simple power function with an exponent of 1.5. There was excellent agreement (r2 > 0.99 and 1:1 slope) between predicted and observed discharge in laboratory testing of 12 test weirs representing five slot widths. The primary advantages of the vertical slot weir are its simplicity, ease of maintenance, and ability to measure small flow rates. Disadvantages include a tendency for the slot to close a small amount over time as a result of …


Frequency Grid-A Simple Tool For Measuring Grassland Establishment, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert A. Masters Nov 2001

Frequency Grid-A Simple Tool For Measuring Grassland Establishment, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert A. Masters

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

Simple, reliable tools are needed by land managers to quantify establishment success when seeding or re-seeding pastures or rangeland. A frequency grid was designed to measure seedling or plant establishment success for a single species, mixtures of species, or single species of a mixture. The frequency grid is a metal frame containing 25 squares (5 x 5) or cells and can be made from concrete reinforcing sheets that have 15 x 15 cm squares. When used, the frequency grid is either randomly or systematically placed within a seeded area. The number of cells containing 1 or more seeded plants is …


Accumulation And Consumption Of Odorous Compounds In Feedlot Soils Under Aerobic, Fermentative, And Anaerobic Respiratory Conditions, D. N. Miller Oct 2001

Accumulation And Consumption Of Odorous Compounds In Feedlot Soils Under Aerobic, Fermentative, And Anaerobic Respiratory Conditions, D. N. Miller

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

Agricultural odors present an increasingly difficult challenge to livestock producers, yet very little information is available on the microbiology of odor production or microbial factors that regulate the emission of odors. This study examined the microbial potential for odor production and odor consumption in two soils from a cattle production facility in central Nebraska. The two soils tested were collected from a feedlot pen and a runoff ditch below the pen and contained high- and low-fecal matter content, respectively. These soils were tested for their ability to produce and consume a mixture of VFA and aromatic compounds (phenols and indoles) …


Corn Stalk Nitrate Concentration Profile: Implications For The End-Of-Season Stalk Nitrate Test, Wally Wilhelm, Gary E. Varvel, James S. Schepers Oct 2001

Corn Stalk Nitrate Concentration Profile: Implications For The End-Of-Season Stalk Nitrate Test, Wally Wilhelm, Gary E. Varvel, James S. Schepers

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

The end-of-season corn (Zea maysL.) stalk nitrate-N test was developed as a post-mortem to determine if excessive or insufficient N was available to the corn crop during the latter part of the season. The stalk section specified for the test was very specific, the 20 cm-long section between 15 and 35 cm above the soil. Under production conditions, it may not always be possible to collect this precise stalk section. The objective of this study was to determine how nitrate concentration varied within the stalk from the soil level to the ear node, and how this variation could …


‘Forrest’ Resistance To The Soybean Cyst Nematode Is Bigenic: Saturation Mapping Of The Rhg1 And Rhg4 Loci, K. Meksem, P. Pantazopoulos, V. N. Njiti, D. L. Hyten, P. R. Arelli, D. A. Lightfoot Oct 2001

‘Forrest’ Resistance To The Soybean Cyst Nematode Is Bigenic: Saturation Mapping Of The Rhg1 And Rhg4 Loci, K. Meksem, P. Pantazopoulos, V. N. Njiti, D. L. Hyten, P. R. Arelli, D. A. Lightfoot

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Field resistance to cyst nematode (SCN) race 3 (Heterodera glycines I.) in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cv ‘Forrest’ is conditioned by two QTLs: the underlying genes are presumed to include Rhg1 on linkage group G and Rhg4 on linkage group A2. A population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and two populations of near-isogenic lines (NILs) derived from a cross of Forrest × Essex were used to map the loci affecting resistance to SCN. Bulked segregant analysis, with 512 AFLP primer combinations and microsatellite markers, produced a high-density genetic map for the intervals carrying Rhg …


Herbicide Evaluation In Arkansas Cotton 2000, Marilyn Mcclelland, Jim Barrentine, Ken Smith, Nilda Burgos Oct 2001

Herbicide Evaluation In Arkansas Cotton 2000, Marilyn Mcclelland, Jim Barrentine, Ken Smith, Nilda Burgos

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

Herbicidal weed control is economically important for production of cotton. Field experiments are conducted annually in Arkansas to evaluate the activity of developmental and commercial herbicides for selective control of weeds in cotton. These experiments serve both industry and Arkansas agriculture by providing information on the selectivity of herbicides still in the developmental stage and by comparing the activity of these new herbicides with that of recommended herbicides.


Thermoregulatory Profile Of A Newer Genetic Line Of Pigs, T. M. Brown-Brandl, R. A. Eigenberg, John A. Nienaber, Stephen D. Kachman Sep 2001

Thermoregulatory Profile Of A Newer Genetic Line Of Pigs, T. M. Brown-Brandl, R. A. Eigenberg, John A. Nienaber, Stephen D. Kachman

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

Researchers and producers alike have noted the increased susceptibility to heat stress exhibited by the newer genetic lines of pigs. A study was conducted to gather baseline information on the effects of acute heat stress on total heat production (THP), respiratory quotient (RQ), respiration rate (RR), and rectal temperature (Trectal ) and to investigate the dynamic interaction of these parameters in growing–finishing barrows. Sixteen moderate–lean growth barrows were randomly assigned to a set of treatments as dictated by a repeated 4x4 Latin square crossover design. Pigs were moved from an individual pen to an indirect calorimeter where one …


Invited Synthesis Paper: Principles And Practices For Managing Rangeland Invasive Plants, Robert A. Masters, Roger Sheley Sep 2001

Invited Synthesis Paper: Principles And Practices For Managing Rangeland Invasive Plants, Robert A. Masters, Roger Sheley

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

Invasive plants reduce the capacity of ecosystems to provide goods and services required by society, alter ecological processes, and can displace desirable species. They can reduce wildlife habitat quality, riparian area integrity, rangeland economic value, and enterprise net returns. The invasion process is regulated by characteristics of the invading plant and the community being invaded. The presence and spread of invasive plants is often symptomatic of underlying management problems that must be corrected before acceptable, long-term rangeland improvement can be achieved. Disturbance appears to be important early in the invasion process because it creates vacant niches that alien plants can …


Murine Monoclonal Antibodies Against Escherichia Coli O4 Lipopolysaccharide And H5 Flagellin, Mildred Rivera-Betancourt, James E. Keen Sep 2001

Murine Monoclonal Antibodies Against Escherichia Coli O4 Lipopolysaccharide And H5 Flagellin, Mildred Rivera-Betancourt, James E. Keen

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

Two murine monoclonal antibodies (MAb), 2C5-F10 and 8D1-H10, reactive with Escherichia coli O4 and H5 antigens, respectively, were generated and characterized. Enzyme immunoassays and immunoblots demonstrated that MAb 2C5-F10 reacted specifically with lipopolysaccharide O antigen of E. coli O4 isolates, while MAb 8D1-H10 reacted with E. coli strains expressing H5 flagella.


Genotypic Analyses Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 And O157 Nonmotile Isolates Recovered From Beef Cattle And Carcasses At Processing Plants In The Midwestern States Of The United States, Genevieve A. Barkocy-Gallagher, Terrance M. Arthur, Gregory R. Siragusa, James E. Keen, Robert O. Elder, William Laegreid, Mohammad Koohmaraie Sep 2001

Genotypic Analyses Of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 And O157 Nonmotile Isolates Recovered From Beef Cattle And Carcasses At Processing Plants In The Midwestern States Of The United States, Genevieve A. Barkocy-Gallagher, Terrance M. Arthur, Gregory R. Siragusa, James E. Keen, Robert O. Elder, William Laegreid, Mohammad Koohmaraie

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

Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157 nonmotile isolates (E. coli O157) previously were recovered from feces, hides, and carcasses at four large Midwestern beef processing plants (R. O. Elder, J. E. Keen, G. R. Siragusa, G. A. Barkocy-Gallagher, M. Koohmaraie, and W. W. Laegreid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97:2999–3003, 2000). The study implied relationships between cattle infection and carcass contamination within single-source lots as well as between preevisceration and postprocessing carcass contamination, based on prevalence. These relationships now have been verified based on identification of isolates by genomic fingerprinting. E. coli O157 isolates from all positive samples were analyzed …


Chemical Compounds That Attract Arthropods- Patent 2001, Ulrich R. Bernier, Daniel L. Kline, Donald Barnard, Kenneth Posey, Matthew Booth, Richard A. Yost Jul 2001

Chemical Compounds That Attract Arthropods- Patent 2001, Ulrich R. Bernier, Daniel L. Kline, Donald Barnard, Kenneth Posey, Matthew Booth, Richard A. Yost

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

Compositions and methods employing the compositions for attracting arthropods. The compositions comprise at least one compound of formula I and at least one compound from group II.


Performance Of A Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Using Actual And Kriged Hourly Solar Radiation, G. G. Merino, David Jones, Laverne E. Stetson Jul 2001

Performance Of A Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Using Actual And Kriged Hourly Solar Radiation, G. G. Merino, David Jones, Laverne E. Stetson

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

In this article the performance of a grid-connected PV system supplying a farmstead was evaluated using a commercially available energy balance simulation model, Hybrid2. By performing annual hourly simulations, the influence of system size, actual radiation data, and estimated radiation data on economic and energy production were assessed. The estimated radiation data were developed from kriging actual radiation data from 16 weather stations in western Nebraska. The results indicated that the capital costs associated with a PV system dictate the economic performance of the overall system. The energy costs associated with the grid-connected PV system were six times the retail …


Restoring Tallgrass Prairie Species Mixtures On Leafy Spurge-Infested Rangeland, Robert A. Masters, Daniel Beran, Roch E. Gaussoin Jul 2001

Restoring Tallgrass Prairie Species Mixtures On Leafy Spurge-Infested Rangeland, Robert A. Masters, Daniel Beran, Roch E. Gaussoin

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

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) reduces northern Great Plains rangeland carrying capacity. Treatment strategies were evaluated that suppressed leafy spurge and facilitated establishment of mixtures of native grasses and legumes on range sites near Mason City and Tilden, Nebr. Glyphosate at 1,600 g a.i. (active ingredient) ha-1 was applied with or without imazapic at 140 or 210 g a.i. ha-1 in October 1995. In April 1996, standing crop was burned or mowed. Mixtures of native grasses [big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), little bluestem (Schizachyrium …


Modeling Vegetative Buffer Performance Considering Topographic Data Accuracy, Jason M. Brothers, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Matthew J. Helmers, Michael G. Dosskey, Thomas G. Franti Jul 2001

Modeling Vegetative Buffer Performance Considering Topographic Data Accuracy, Jason M. Brothers, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Matthew J. Helmers, Michael G. Dosskey, Thomas G. Franti

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

Riparian buffers are a promising tool in efforts to reduce sediment contribution to streams. Models that predict the capacity of buffers to trap sediment have recently been developed. A number of parameters that are required to conduct such modeling efforts are derived from the topography of the site. In this study, three topographic data sources were used to generate the model input for an agricultural field with a riparian buffer. The runoff and sediment transport in the system was then simulated for three years. As a result, the area that contributed runoff and sediment to the buffer was substantially different …