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Improving Root Health And Yield Of Dry Beans In The Nebraska Panhandle With A New Technique For Reducing Soil Compaction, Robert M. Harveson, John A. Smith, Walter W. Stroup
Improving Root Health And Yield Of Dry Beans In The Nebraska Panhandle With A New Technique For Reducing Soil Compaction, Robert M. Harveson, John A. Smith, Walter W. Stroup
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
A field study conducted during the 2001 and 2002 growing seasons investigated the integration of fungicide applications and tillage methods for reducing root health problems in dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plants by alleviating soil compaction and its potential exacerbation of root disease. Several cultural practices were combined with applications of the strobilurin fungicide azoxystrobin. Soil compaction was created artificially throughout the entire plot area. Six treatments, consisting of four tillage treatments and two combinations of tillage or applications of azoxystrobin, were tested to alleviate the compaction and enhance root health. Tillage treatments included a compacted control with no …
Continuous Dryland Cropping In The Great Plains: What Are The Limits?, Drew J. Lyon, Gary Peterson
Continuous Dryland Cropping In The Great Plains: What Are The Limits?, Drew J. Lyon, Gary Peterson
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
The following six papers were presented at the symposium entitled “Continuous Dryland Cropping in the Great Plains: What Are the Limits?” held during the 2003 ASA–CSSA–SSSA annual meetings in Denver, CO. The symposium was organized by Division S-6 and cosponsored by Divisions A-8 and C-3.
The Great Plains is a vast interior region of North America with a temperate, semiarid climate that is subject to wide fluctuations in precipitation, temperature, and wind speed. The most common cropping system in the region is wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)–fallow where one crop is harvested every 2 yr. Summer fallow, the practice of …