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Poultry Manure Fertilization Of Sudangrass, R.L. Nichols, D.W. Allinson Dec 1979

Poultry Manure Fertilization Of Sudangrass, R.L. Nichols, D.W. Allinson

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Effects Of No-Tillage Fallow As Compared To Conventional Tillage In A Wheat-Fallow System, C. R. Fenster, G. A. Peterson Oct 1979

Effects Of No-Tillage Fallow As Compared To Conventional Tillage In A Wheat-Fallow System, C. R. Fenster, G. A. Peterson

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The benefits of reducing tillage by use of herbicides for weed control emphasizes why research was started to study a fallow system where all tillage was replaced by herbicides. Wheat planting was then the only soil disturbing operation. Objectives of the research were to compare the effects of no-tillage (chemical), stubble-mulch and plow (bare fallow) systems of fallow on: 1. Grain yield. 2. Grain protein. 3. Residue retention. 4. Soil nitrate-nitrogen accumulation. 5. Soil water accumulations during fallow. Data presented are in the form of a progress report. These experiments will continue.


Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, And Zinc Concentrations In Alfalfa In Connecticut, R.W. Taylor, D.W. Allinson Oct 1979

Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, And Zinc Concentrations In Alfalfa In Connecticut, R.W. Taylor, D.W. Allinson

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.


Results Of The Ninth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery Grown In 1977, S. L. Kuhr, K. D. Wilhelmi, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, J. W. Schmidt Sep 1979

Results Of The Ninth International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery Grown In 1977, S. L. Kuhr, K. D. Wilhelmi, V. A. Johnson, P. J. Mattern, J. W. Schmidt

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

This is the ninth report of results from an International Winter Wheat Performance Nursery (IWWPN) organized in 1968 by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the Science and Education Administration (SEA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, under a contract with the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State. The Nursery was designed to (1) test the adaptation and stability of winter wheat cultivars in a range of latitudes, daylengths, fertility conditions, water management regimes, and disease complexes; (2) identify superior winter cultivars to serve as recipient genotypes for high protein and high lysine genes, (3) test the degree of expression …


Simulation Studies Of Corn Hybrid-Climate Response In Nebraska, R. E. Neild, N. H. Richman Aug 1979

Simulation Studies Of Corn Hybrid-Climate Response In Nebraska, R. E. Neild, N. H. Richman

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Crop development models can be used to determine the expected phenological responses of corn hybrids to different planting dates and locations. The number of days from planting to maturity for a particular hybrid varies considerably between different dates of planting at a single location and between locations at the same planting date.


Soybean Inoculant Quality, J. L. Sims, E. C. Lacefield, Lloyd W. Murdock Feb 1979

Soybean Inoculant Quality, J. L. Sims, E. C. Lacefield, Lloyd W. Murdock

Agronomy Notes

Research studies have shown that from 40 to 80 percent of the nitrogen required for a soybean crop comes from nitrogen fixed in the nodules, depending on the degree of nodulation and the level of soil nitrogen. Hence, it is important that soybean plants be well-nodulated for most efficient soybean production.


Effect Of Lime On No-Tillage Corn Yields, Robert L. Blevins, Lloyd W. Murdock Feb 1979

Effect Of Lime On No-Tillage Corn Yields, Robert L. Blevins, Lloyd W. Murdock

Agronomy Notes

The rapidly growing popularity and adoption of no-tillage systems of corn production have required us to re-evaluate some of our long established soil fertility practices and recommendations. Recent work by researchers at Kentucky and adjacent states show that the soil surface becomes very acid after a few years of continuous no-tillage corn production. This rapid decrease in soil pH is primarily associated with surface application of nitrogen fertilizers. Most lime recommendations and related research information for row crop production are based on plow-down application. Therefore, the effectiveness of surface-applied and unincorporated lime under no-tillage systems becomes a question of concern. …


Soil Science Research Report - 1979 Jan 1979

Soil Science Research Report - 1979

Soil Science Research Reports

Corn Experiments

Nitrogen Rates on Corn ................ Section 1

Anhydrous Ammonia and N-Serve for Irrigated Corn ................ Section 2

Placing Ammonia and APP Together for Irrigated Corn Production ................ Section 3

Nitrogen Rate and Source Studies for Corn Grown in an Ecofallow Rotation ................ Section 4

Comparison of Standard Nitrogen Fertilizers with Delayed Release and Nitrification Inhibiting Materials for Irrigated Corn on Sharpsburg/Bu1ter ................ Section 5

Nitrogen Balance Under Irrigated Corn Using 15N-Depleted Fertilizer ........... Section 6

Improving the Efficiency of Fertilizer N Use by Irrigated Corn ................ Section 7

Effect of Fertilizer Phosphorus Placement on Corn Yields in …


Regional Trials At Esperence, M D. Bolland Jan 1979

Regional Trials At Esperence, M D. Bolland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79ES5 Methods of resowing clover into old Esperance sandplain: pasture. Condingup. 79ES6 Methods of resowing clover into old Esperance sandplain pasture. Condingup. 79ES34 Methods of resowing clover into old Esperance sandplain: pasture. Yerangatup. 79ES7 Nutrient response definition trial for clover on sandplain pasture. Gibson. 79ES8 Nutrient response definition trial for clover on sandplain pasture. Gibson. 79ES9 Nutrient response definition trial for clover on sandplain pasture. Condingup. 79ESl0 To test the need for lime in regenerating clover in old Esperance sandplain pastures. Condingup. 79ES11 To test the need for lime in regenerating clover in old Esperance sandplain pastures. Gibson 79ES12 To …


1979 Summary Of Results Of Field Experiments, A Bokor Jan 1979

1979 Summary Of Results Of Field Experiments, A Bokor

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(1) Bunch Rot Control of Rhine Riesling Grapes: 78AL46. (2) Bunch Rot (Bunch Breakdown) on Rhine Riesling Grapes: 78AL47. (3) Black Spot (Ascochyta Blight) of Processing Peas: 79AL45.


Wheat Potential Yield Trials - 79ka17 D. Hall, Beaufort River - 79wh32 Wongan Hills Research Station, R N. Weir, D Tennant, A. G. P. Brown, M. W. Perry Jan 1979

Wheat Potential Yield Trials - 79ka17 D. Hall, Beaufort River - 79wh32 Wongan Hills Research Station, R N. Weir, D Tennant, A. G. P. Brown, M. W. Perry

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

COMMENTS 1. No insect problems experienced and broadleaf weeds effectively controlled by spraying. Septoria· leaf spot incidence insufficient to affect yields. 2. Little effect of time of planting on either total dry matter or grain yield. Crop received about 70% of the average May-October rainfall with a very dry September-October. Perhaps the distribution of rainfall allowed a similar pattern of water use, and total water use by each planting time. 3. There is probably a significant effect of Nitrogen regime on grain yield. Osmocote (N3) consistently yielded more than either single (N1) or repeated (N2) dressings of Agran 34:0. The …


Investigations Of Ryegrass Toxicity, B A. Stynes Jan 1979

Investigations Of Ryegrass Toxicity, B A. Stynes

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Development of toxicity in the field. Experiment – 79KA13. Location – C. Butterworth, Katanning. The effect of herbicides and growth regulants on gall development. Experiment – 79KA14. Location - C. Butterworth, Katanning. Effect of burning on the production of galls. Experiment – 79KA9. Location - L. Blight, Gnowangerup; K. Butterworth, Katanning; C. Hanna, Katanning; J. Shepherdson, Gnowangerup. Table 1 Previous land use and characteristics of fires at four farms where fields were burnt in autumn to reduce the level of toxicity of ryegrass in the subsequent spring pasture. Table 2 The numbers and relative proportions of galls retained in the …


Doublegee Seed Dormancy, D J. Gilbey Jan 1979

Doublegee Seed Dormancy, D J. Gilbey

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Doublegee - seed dormancy.

Lupins - weed control.

Rapeseed - weed control.

Lucerne - winter grass, crab grass control.

Vines - dicamba, crab grass control.

Fruit - perennial grass control.

Rockmelons - crab grass control.

Onions - herbicide tolerance.

Capsicum - weed control.

Rush control.


A Computer Model For Evaluating Corn Harvesting, Handling, Drying And Storage Systems, Thomas C. Bridges, Otto J. Loewer Jr., John N. Walker, Douglas G. Overhults Jan 1979

A Computer Model For Evaluating Corn Harvesting, Handling, Drying And Storage Systems, Thomas C. Bridges, Otto J. Loewer Jr., John N. Walker, Douglas G. Overhults

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Harvest Rate And Drying Time On Grain Drying And Storage Facility Selection, Thomas C. Bridges, Otto J. Loewer Jr., Douglas G. Overhults Jan 1979

The Influence Of Harvest Rate And Drying Time On Grain Drying And Storage Facility Selection, Thomas C. Bridges, Otto J. Loewer Jr., Douglas G. Overhults

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Determination Of Strategy For Harvesting Burley Tobacco, Yasuhiko Miyake, Larry G. Wells, George A. Duncan, Jimmie Rankin Jan 1979

Determination Of Strategy For Harvesting Burley Tobacco, Yasuhiko Miyake, Larry G. Wells, George A. Duncan, Jimmie Rankin

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

The decision-making process associated with the scheduling of burley tobacco harvesting operations was formulated as a multi-stage decision process, and solved using a procedure called dynamic programming. The solution of a stochastic dynamic programming model provides a set of optimal decision rules, that is, a strategy. When certain user-specified parameters are provided, the decision model provides information concerning the optimal date to start harvesting, the optimal number of hours to harvest on each day, the optimal date to introduce hired labor, and the optimal number of workers which should be hired.

The solution of the dynamic programming model makes it …


Septoria Diseases Of Wheat, A. G. P. Brown Jan 1979

Septoria Diseases Of Wheat, A. G. P. Brown

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Fungicide Control of Septoria Diseases of Wheat The fungicide Difolatan was applied as follows:- Early: At growth stage 9-10 (Feekes scale). Late: At stage 10.1 - 10.4. Both: At both stages. Plots were split for cultivars Gamenya and Egret or Gamenya and Darkan depending on location of the experiment site. Disease and "physiological stress" (water stress and N deficiency) was assessed at 1st spray, late spray and at stages 10.54 and 11.1 - 11.2.


Summary Of Experimental Results 1979, M J. Barbetti Jan 1979

Summary Of Experimental Results 1979, M J. Barbetti

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

BLACKLEG DISEASE OF RAPESEED CONTROL OF SEEDLING INFECTION To test the effectiveness of the fungicides RH-2161.EC and thiabendazole in controlling blackleg seedling infection in rapeseed. Mt. Barker Research Station (79MT21) FUNGICIDAL CONTROL OF LOOSE SMUT IN BARLEY To test the effectiveness of four fungicides in controlling two levels of loose smut seed infection, and to examine the relationship between the level of smut seed infection and the subsequent crop infection levels. Albany (79AL19); Narrogin (79NA14) LOOSE SMUT OF BARLEY METHODS OF PICKLE APPLICATION FOR CONTROL OF LOOSE SMUT IN BARLEY To test the effectiveness of various methods of pickle application …


Nitrogenous Fertiliser Requirements In Different Cropping Rotations - 1979 Results, M G. Mason, I Rowland Jan 1979

Nitrogenous Fertiliser Requirements In Different Cropping Rotations - 1979 Results, M G. Mason, I Rowland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Nitrogen requirement of wheat after clover, lupins and cereal - 78C1, 78N1. Nitrogen requirement of barley after clover, lupins and cereal - 78E3. Nitrogen fertiliser requirement in alternate crop-pasture rotation. Botanical composition of Pasture blocks (Sampled 16/9/79) - 78BA1. Pasture Blocks (Sampled 3/9/79) - 78WH2.


Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus In Barley And Oats (79mt20, 79pe13) Experimental Summary 1979, G D. Mclean, T N. Khan, M Grimm, J D. Sandow Jan 1979

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus In Barley And Oats (79mt20, 79pe13) Experimental Summary 1979, G D. Mclean, T N. Khan, M Grimm, J D. Sandow

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(1) Yield assessments have continued similar to those used in 1977 and 1978. Essentially, plants with symptoms typical of BYDV are marked in the early spring as well as a similar number without symptoms. Yield differences were obtained both for Clipper Barley and an oats variety. (2) Two pilot experiments using viruliferous aphids were carried out at Mount Barker (79MT20) and at South Perth · (79PE13). Both Rhopalosiphum padi and R. maidis were used. Infection at Mt Barker failed, and therefore no data is presented. The Perth experiment was planted on August 31, 1979. The original plan was to have …


Summary Research Results 1979, G A. Pearce Jan 1979

Summary Research Results 1979, G A. Pearce

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

DPX4189 for weed control in wheat 79N27. Location - Toodyay. Herbicide mixtures for broadleaved weeds in wheat. Location - Toodyay. Diuron mixtures for broad leaf weeds in cereals. Location - "Glencoe" C/- P.O. Bindoon. Herbicides for early planting 79MO42. Location – N. Tonkin – Coomberdale. Broad leaf weeds in cereals 79MO45. Location - Miling (J. Lewis, Plympton). Herbicides for early planting 79LG27. Location – Karlgarin.


Experimental Summary 1979, J R. Peirce Jan 1979

Experimental Summary 1979, J R. Peirce

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Contents 79ME28 Soursob (Oxalis caprae) control along Roadsides. 79NO30 A & B.

79NO29 Pre and post emergent applications of Diuron for soursob control in cereals.

79ME31 Post emergent control of soursob in cereals. 79NO39

79ME26 A & B Control of Matricaria (Pentzia sp.) in cereals.

79NO40 Dormancy of Cape Tulip (homeria sp.).

79NO38 Patersons curse (Echium plantagineum) Control in pastures. Afghan thistle (solanum hoplopetalum) Control in pastures. 79ME28 and 79N030 A & B Soursob Control Along Roadsides. Chemicals: Roundup 1, 2 and 3 1ha-1, Diuron 1, 2 and 3 1ha-1, Sencor TD 1, 2 and 3 kgha -1 ) applied …


Summary Of 1979 Field Experiments, M L. Poole Jan 1979

Summary Of 1979 Field Experiments, M L. Poole

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79WH50: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields - Wongan Hills Research Station. 79M34: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields – Merredin Research Station. 79C31: Effect of time of planting x cultural systems x herbicides on wheat yields - Chapman Research Station. 79WH58: Rates of ryegrass x rates of nitrogen on wheat Yield. 79WH57: Rates of CCC and rates of nitrogen on yield of Wheat.


Experimental Summary 1979, M W. Perry Jan 1979

Experimental Summary 1979, M W. Perry

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Variety x time of planting x Septoria control - Wheat 79MT5, 79BA7*, 79KA8*. 2. Wheat potential yield trials 79KA17, 79KA8* .Reported separately. 3. Yield analysis of historically important wheats 79M4, 79M5, 79WH8, 79WH14, 79A3. 4. Cereal seeding rates 79ME4, 79KA7*, 79MT4*. 5. Miscellaneous crop trials = high rainfall 79BR4, 79MA4, 79MA5. 6. Cycocel trials 79MT6, 79MT7, 79GE30, 79M09, 79M010*, 79GE4. 7. Oat Genotype x Time of Planting 79MT3. 8. Lupinus cosentinii regeneration trials 79GE38, 79GE42, 79GE43. * Results not yet available. Other trials Wheats 79NA9 - Stock damage, abandoned. 79KA38 - Not harvested. 79A2, 79B7, 79BA5 - not sown, …


1979 Field Crops Experiments, P. Mcr. Wood Jan 1979

1979 Field Crops Experiments, P. Mcr. Wood

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Field crops experiments resistance of lupins to Phomopsis leptostromiformis. (P.McR. Wood, Plant Research Division, J. Hamblin, Plant Production Division). Stage 1-2 Plant Breeders' Plots. Phomopsis infection of 96 entries (replicated) was assessed just prior to harvest at seven sites - Chapman Valley Research Station (CVRS), Badgingarra Research Station (BRS), Wongan Hills Research Station (WHRS), Avondale Research Station (ARS), Mount Barker Research Station (MBRS), Esperance Downs Research Station (EDRS) and on a farmer's property at Eradu. At four sites, CVRS, Eradu, MBRS and EDRS, only very low levels of infection were apparent. At the other three sites, the currently available varieties …


Summary Of Experimental Results 1979 - Annual Rye Grass Toxicity, D L. Chatel Jan 1979

Summary Of Experimental Results 1979 - Annual Rye Grass Toxicity, D L. Chatel

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79KA15 The susceptibility of grasses to yellow slime disease

79KA16 The effect of gall burial on gall and slime production by annual rye grass sown into land with a history of ryegrass toxicity The effect of bacterial galls on development of slime and galls on ryegrass inoculated with nematode galls


Fallow Re-Assessment, D Tennant Jan 1979

Fallow Re-Assessment, D Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Fallow re-assessment. I. 72M29. Location - Merredin Research Station II. Other fallow results. As part of the fallow re-assessment project, a study was made of results from all trials done since the early 1920's which either compared fallow with non fallow or examined other aspects of fallowing. Analysis of these data has led to an update of some of the rainfall - soil water storage - yield relationships presented in previous reports. On the basis of these rainfall-yield relationships and of relevant rainfall statistics we can make an assessment of the probable value of fallow at different locations; Merredin; Chapman, …


Timing And Rate Of Fungicides For Septoria Control, A G. Brown Jan 1979

Timing And Rate Of Fungicides For Septoria Control, A G. Brown

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Fungicides on early sown crops 79A11 Avondale 79BA29 Badgingarra 79C11 Chapman 79E19 Esperance 79WH33 Wongan hills 79MT29 Mt. Barker 79KA19 Woodanilling Effect of fungicide on early sown wheat crops 79AL24 Chillinup 79JE7 Jerramungup 79M029a Moora 79M029b w. Dandaragan 79NO4 Bolgup


1979 Lupin Agronomy And Grain Legume Crop Evaluation, G H. Walton Jan 1979

1979 Lupin Agronomy And Grain Legume Crop Evaluation, G H. Walton

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Yield Response to lupin density - 79BA44. Legume species herbicide tolerance - 79BA45. Yield response to weed component in field pea. - 79B3. Grain legume species comparison - 79BR2. Cereal - lupin mixtures for grain production - 79BR3. Soybean variety comparison - 79BY15. Grain legume species comparison - 79ES2, 79ES3, 79GE3, 79JE1. Lupin cultivar comparison - 79MO5. Legume species herbicide tolerance - 79MT19. Yield response to lupin density - 79MT47. Yield response to Field pea crop density - 79NA1, 79NA2. Field pea and vetch variety trial - 79NA3. Grain legume species comparison - 79NO3. Yield response to lupin density, +/- …


1979 Summary Of Experiments - Legume Seed Inoculation, D L. Chatel Jan 1979

1979 Summary Of Experiments - Legume Seed Inoculation, D L. Chatel

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

79NA4 The effect of Rogor on the response of field peas to inoculation, Narrogin 79ME3A The response of Nungarin subterranean clover to inoculation, Bodallin 79ME3B The response of Nungarin subterranean clover to inoculation, Gabbin 79ME3C The response of Nungarin subterranean clover to inoculation, Bodallin 79GE9 The response of Nungarin subterranean clover to inoculation, Tenindewa 79GE8 The performance of different strains of Rhizobium meliloti on different medics, Tenindewa 79GE10 The response of Nungarin subterranean clover, Swan medic and Gamenya wheat to lime and molybdenum (all hosts) and inoculation (legumes) on an acid soil, Pindar 79M07 The response of subterranean clover and …