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Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station Dec 1978

Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This eighteenth 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, fertiilizers, and pest control.


Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station Dec 1978

Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1978 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 1978 crop season including: weather data, tillage and fertility experiments, hay, haylage and silage production, small grain trials, grass testing, alfalfa testing, grain trials, and winter wheat breeding.


West River Agricultural Research And Extension Center Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station Dec 1978

West River Agricultural Research And Extension Center Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1978 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, sorghum variety testing, corn variety trial, and management, tillage and cultural practices.


James Valley Agricultural Research And Extension Center Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department Mar 1978

James Valley Agricultural Research And Extension Center Annual Progress Report, 1978, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1978 progress report for the James Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center. The reports in this document represent the research conducted at the Center during 1977. 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.


The Columnar Junipers Of Western North Dakota (An Investigation Into The Cause Of Their Columnarity), James M. Murphy Jan 1978

The Columnar Junipers Of Western North Dakota (An Investigation Into The Cause Of Their Columnarity), James M. Murphy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this report is to focus on the evaluation of the presence and amount of ethylene in the burning lignite fumes and to search for morphogenetic factors in the lignite at the Slope County site. The former was considered to be more important and was investigated more thoroughly.


Methods Of Analysis Of Yield From Antecedent Winter Water, Charles Gregg Carlson Jan 1978

Methods Of Analysis Of Yield From Antecedent Winter Water, Charles Gregg Carlson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This investigation is an evaluation of methods of analysis of water conserved during off-season periods and evaluation of the effect on the subsequent crop. Energy and water shortages during the midsummer peak irrigation season have forced farmers to consider the possibility of irrigation at times other than peak growth stages as an alternative practice. Dryland farmers are interested in the benefit of water conserving cultural practices such as summer fallow and snow trapping. To evaluate the benefit of these off-season practices, a yield function based upon water availability is necessary. In order to better understand the effects of off-season irrigation …


Plant Availability Of Aqueous Phosphates Removed By Fly Ash, Paul D. Weeldreyer Jan 1978

Plant Availability Of Aqueous Phosphates Removed By Fly Ash, Paul D. Weeldreyer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recycling non-renewable resources has become increasingly. important as man has continuously expected more and more from his environment. As stated by Spendlove (1976): "Recycling certainly is not new. It appears, in fact, to be one of the most obvious laws of nature, much like the seasons, the tides, and the life and death processes. It is not surprising, therefore, that the greatest motivating force behind present recycling efforts is the worldwide concern for the deteriorating natural environment." This ever-increasing demand for more production has created the need for more stringent pollution controls to maintain an acceptable quality of life. Pollution …


The Transfer Of Resistance To Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (Wsmv) From Wheatgrass (Agropyron Intermedium (Host.) Beauv.) To Common Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L. Em. Thell.) By Irradiation, Harnek S. Sandhu Jan 1978

The Transfer Of Resistance To Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (Wsmv) From Wheatgrass (Agropyron Intermedium (Host.) Beauv.) To Common Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L. Em. Thell.) By Irradiation, Harnek S. Sandhu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A virus disease, wheat streak mosaic, has been an important, unsolved problem of winter wheat which is a major crop in South Dakota. F1BC3 monosomic alien addition seeds having three doses of Centurk were irradiated with fast neutrons to translocate a segment of the alien chromosome accounting for immunity from wheat streak mosaic virus to a Centurk chromosome. Immune plants from the irradiated seeds were used as male parents onto Centurk and about 2,000 F1BC4 seeds obtained. Cytological examination of pollen mother cells of 151 resistant F1BC4 plants indicated that the …


Water And Nitrogen Husbandry For Irrigated Corn In Central South Dakota, Stanley Eugene Papendick Jan 1978

Water And Nitrogen Husbandry For Irrigated Corn In Central South Dakota, Stanley Eugene Papendick

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplemental water and nitrogen on corn yields. Central South Dakota was chosen as the location for this study because of its existing irrigation and the limited research data available from that part of the state. The objectives were: (1) to determine corn yield response to various water regimes, (2) to determine corn yield response to nitrogen applications, and (3) to determine corn yield response to nitrogen application methods.


The Effect Of Foliar Fertilization On Soybean Yield And Leaf Necrosis, Robert Jay Goos Jan 1978

The Effect Of Foliar Fertilization On Soybean Yield And Leaf Necrosis, Robert Jay Goos

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is a very important world crop. The seed is rich in both protein and oil, making it a valuable human food resource. Many scientists believe that there are physiological barriers preventing increased soybean yields. Any agronomic discovery that would consistently increase soybean yields would be important to world food production. One possible yield barrier in soybeans concerns the mineral nutrition of the plant during the seed-filling stages of growth. During this period of growth, translocation of N, P, K, and S from the plant foliage to the developing seed occurs, accompanied by a virtual …