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Nebline, December 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Lancaster County Extension's Web Site on the Internet
Over the garden fence
Keep trees fresh
December garden hints
Cyclamen care
Protect gift plants
Nebraska Soybean Day and Machinery Expo
Agronomy Highlights 1996
Crop Protection Clinic
“Part-time Farming” video
"Returning to the Farm" dates set
Compost marketing
Environmentally friendly holidays
Snow science
Humidity in the home environment affects plants, too
Cybercase of the invisible itches
Bluff Road Landfill rates have increased, but are still low
Where wastes should go
Cut up the world
Biodegradable plastic from corn
earth wellness festival receives grant
1996 Safe Drinking
Water Act: will it affect you? …

Nebline, November 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Holiday food safety
Lancaster County Extension Educator recognized
Over the garden fence
Snow molds
Harvesting and storing winter squash
November garden hints
Winterizing roses
Winter care for strawberry plants
Harvesting popcorn
"Preparing Ag Professionals for Tomorrow's Challenges"
Emergency conservation program
1996 pesticide container recycling program nets over 17,000 containers
Beef Basics Home Study Courses
Precision Decisions '96
Report illegal dumping!
Household hazardous waste collection on November 2
The aluminum age
Wood for your fireplace
Which spider's the biter? You can't tell from looking at the bite!
Bt corn: environmentally friendly pest control
Cleaning closets? What to do with those unwanted …

Fire Management Of Spinifex Pastures In The Coastal And West Pilbara, John Stretch

Agriculture reports

Spinifex dominated plant communities are a major natural pasture resource in the Pilbara. Spinifex is noted for its ridged, hard and generally sharp pointed leaf blades, although individual species vary in this respect. Triodia pungens and T. schinzii are often referred to as soft spinifex. Soft spinifex is useful as stock feed in its own right, whereas 'hard' spinifex species are rarely grazed by stock. Soft spinifex dominated pastures are relatively uncommon in eastern parts but important on the western coastal plains of the Pilbara (Figure 1). Information on spinifex management options available to the pastoralist or station manager is …

Nebline, October 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Remember safety during harvest
Fall clean up in the orchard
Over the garden fence
Caring for fuchsia
Fall lawn care
October garden hints
The Herb Garden
Set harvest equipment to reduce damage
Center for Grassland Studies offers seminar series
Precision Decisions '96
"Part-time Farming" video
Termite Control Workshop for Homeowners
Garden residue aids wildlife
"Pest-proof" checklist
Yikes! Jumpin' Jiminy Crickets
How did that get in here?
Protect home from outside cold
Environment-conscious shopping can save money
The coolest way to SQUASH an aluminum soda pop can
Make a ground bird feeder
Worried about youth?
Bone health affected by diet
Family …

Nebline, September 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Forage Quality Of "Matua" Prairie Grass, Kelly King

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Research on the nutritive quality of Matua grass (Bromus willdenowii) is limited in south central Kentucky-Due to the hot summers, mild winters and a 200-day long growing season in Kentucky, herbage quality as well as management practices may differ from those reported in research from other climates. The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritive quality of five forages (Matua, Gala, Smooth bromegrass, Tall fescue and Orchardgrass). The experiment was conducted on a Pembroke silt loam (fine-silty, mixed, mesic mollic Paleudalfs) in south central Kentucky as well as in the greenhouse. Four harvests each were obtained from the …

Nebline, August 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

I Care For My Animals
The garden fence
August garden hints
An easy way to dry flowers
Harvesting fruits and vegetables
The Herb Garden
Hungry hoards of hoppers, again!
Recycle your pesticide containers at the 1996 Lancaster County Fair!
Special field day and tour on specialty crops
August plantings of alfalfa and grass
Grazing drought-stressed pasture
Bug bites
Cicada killers are common now
Bug zappers—good, bad, electrifying?
Let’s manufacture monster bubbles!
EnviroShorts
Yow! Watch out for yellow jackets!
Watersheds & water quality
New items accepted at recycling sites
Ants are public enemy #1
Nebraska State 4-H Camp NatureLink weekend
Family …

Nebline, July 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Nebline, June 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Plugging abandoned wells can save lives and groundwater
1996 Pesticide Container Recycling Program begins in June
The garden fence
A mulch for all seasons
Squelch squash vine borers
Growing indoor trees
Think about apple maggot control now
The Herb Garden
Tips on harvesting lettuce
Be prepared for drought
Weed resistance... going the distance
Rooting out pasture weeds
Wiping out woody weeds
Steps to calibrate your spray equipment
Preventing problems when grazing alfalfa
Horace the Hippo says...
Woodlands make poor pastures
Yard and garden water management
Urban walnut trees--are they valuable?
Protect your family from carbon monoxide
Bat Bites
Lincoln-Lancaster County …

Nebline, May 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

earth wellness festival--making a difference!
Volunteers keep Extension going and growing
Viburnums in the landscape
The Garden Fence
A lush landscape of lovely lilacs
What to do after the bloom
Annual vines in the landscape
The Herb Garden
Crop Management and Diagnostic Clinics crop up at ARDC in July!
Field Crop Scout Training at ARDC
Using herbicides to control weeds in spring-planted alfalfa
Alfalfa weevil alert!
Have equipment ready for planting season
Should greenbugs be a part of your 1996 crop management plan?
earth wellness festival is science at its best!
Drinking water week - May 5-11, 1996
Blue Thumb …

Nebline, April 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Be termite wise: protect your home!
Over the garden fence
Selecting Sweet Potatoes
The herb garden
Ten steps to good gardening
Plant asparagus and rhubarb
April garden hints
Adjusting planters to no-till
Burning CPR grasslands safely
No-till weed kill
They’re baaaack...purple martin scouts
Invasion of the clover mites!
Insect flavor of the month
Hazardous household waste collection
Landscaping for the birds
Dandelions; the good, the bad or the ugly?
Boldly going where no one has gone before; NASA's outhouse in space
How happy and healthy is your soil?
Hey! What is that?
Springtime Bird FAQs
The diaper decision
Family & …

Proceedings Of The 23rd Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 24-25, 1996, Biloxi, Mississippi), Brian M. Anderson, Robert P. Mulrooney, Gabe Sciumbato, John Russin, Glenn G. Hammes

Southern Soybean Disease Workers: Conference Proceedings

Contents

Business session

Soybean Disease Loss Estimate for the Southern United States during 1995. JA Wrather

Treasurer report. GG Hammes

SSDW Committee Chairmen for 1995-1996

Graduate student papers

Effects of Bacteria Associated with Heterodera glycines in Soybean Fields of Arkansas. TK Field, RD Riggs, and TL Hart

Influence of Soybean Pest Complexes on Maturation of Soybean Looper, Pseudoplusia includens. CH Carter, JS Russin, EC McGawley, DJ Boethel, and JL Griffin

Contributed papers

Resistance to Cyst Nematode in PI 437654 and Hartwig Soybeans. SC Ananad

Rotation with Soybean Cultivar Hartwig and Nonhost Crops for Management of the Soybean Cyst Nematode. …

Nebline, March 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Weed Awareness Edition

Nebline, February 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Family Living

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Movement Of Crop Transgenes Into Wild Plants, Kathleen H. Keeler, Charles E. Turner, Margaret R. Bolick

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Despite the great potential and increasing importance of other weed control options (Turner et al. 1992) and unwanted environmental side effects of some herbicides, herbicides constitute a very important means of weed control. The escape of herbicide resistance genes to wild, weedy plants could cause more severe weed problems, and presents a very real threat to the efficacy of herbicides as a weed control option. Therefore, management strategies that prevent, or reduce the likelihood and frequency of HRG escape through containment methods are advisable, as are mitigation plans in the event of HRG escape to wild plants.

Evaluation Of The Crop Growth Component Of The Root Zone Water Quality Model For Corn In Ohio, Sue E. Nokes, Feliks M. Landa, Jon D. Hanson

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

The Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM) is a computer model developed to simulate water, chemical, and biological processes in the root zone of agricultural management systems. As of this writing RZWQM is in the beta-testing phase of development. This article reports on a parameterization and evaluation study performed in Ohio on field corn for the crop growth component of RZWQM. The generic crop growth model in RZWQM had not previously been parameterized or tested on field corn. This article reports the results of such a study. One year of data was used to calibrate RZWQM, and two additional years …

Breeding Sorghum And Pearl Millet For Forage And Fuel, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] are unique species in their ability to be used in many forage llivestock system roles. Such flexibility has made prioritizing breeding objectives difficult and has even contributed to contradictory opinions on appropriate forage breeding objectives. Few breeding projects identified in the USDA-ARS, USDA-CREES, or at ICRISAT had forage sorghum or forage pearl millet as their sole research assignment. In the United States, it can be argued that breeding resources committed to forage sorghum improvement are probably declining. A new forage sorghum and forage pearl millet …

1995 Csrees Reports, Alfred A. Bushway, Therese M. Work, Huanli Zhang, Raoul Pelletier, Rodney J. Bushway, Brian Perkins, Mary Ellen Camire, Michael Dougherty, H Y. Forsythe Jr, Judith A. Collins, Frank A. Drummond, Constance S. Stubbs, Paul E. Capiello, John M. Smagula, Youzhi Chen, Scott Dunham, Walter Litten, David E. Yarborough, Timothy M. Hess, John Jemison

Wild Blueberry Research Reports

The 1995 edition of the CSREES Reports was prepared for the Maine Wild Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:

1. Factors Affecting the Quality of IQF Blueberries

2. Preventing the Bleeding of Blueberry Fruit in Bakery Products

3. Removing Water from Blueberries Before Freezing

4. Determination of Pesticide Residue Levels in Freshly Harvested and Processed Lowbush Blueberries

5. Industrial Ingredients from Cull Blueberries

6. Application of Heat as a Method of Controlling Secondary Pest Insects on Lowbush Blueberries

7. The Phenology and …

Forb And Shrub Seed Production Guide For Utah, Richard Stevens, Kent R. Jorgensen, Stanford A. Young, Stephen B. Monsen

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Mountain Plants Of Northeastern Utah, Berniece A. Andersen, Arthur H. Holmgren

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Fire-Bgc--A Mechanistic Ecological Process Model For Simulating Fire Succession On Coniferous Forest Landscapes Of The Northern Rocky Mountains, Robert E. Keane, Penelope Morgan, Steven W. Running

Aspen Bibliography

An ecological process model of vegetation dynamics mechanistically simulates long-term stand dynamics on coniferous landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains. This model is used to investigate and evaluate cumulative effects of various fire regimes, including prescribed burning and fire exclusion, on the vegetation and fuel complex of a simulation landscape composed of many stands. Detailed documentation of the model FIRE-BGC (a FIRE BioGeoChemical succession model) with complete discussion of all model parameters is followed with results of an application of the FIRE-BGC to a whitebark pine landscape in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Simulation results of several management scenarios are …

Stand Hazard Rating For Central Idaho Forests, Robert Steele, Ralph E. Williams, Julie C. Weatherby, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, James T. Hoffman, R. W. Thier

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Waste-Wood-Derived Fillers For Plastics, Brent English, Craig M. Clemons, Nicole Stark, James P. Schneider

Aspen Bibliography

Filled thermoplastic composites are stiffer, stronger, and more dimensionally stable than their unfilled counterparts. Such thermoplastics are usually provided to the end-user as a precompounded, pelletized feedstock. Typical reinforcing fillers are inorganic materials like talc or fiberglass, but materials derived from waste wood, such as wood flour and recycled paper fiber, are also effective as fillers. The goal of this project was to generate commercial interest in using waste-wood–paper-derived fillers (WPFs) to reinforce thermoplastics. The research strategy was twofold: developmental research and outreach. Specific objectives were (1) to improve wastepaper fiber preparation, feeding, and compounding methods, and optimize composite performance, …

Soldier's Guide To Wildlands Of Camp W. G. Williams, Thomas Hysell, Margaret Pettis

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Nebline, January 1996

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

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Annual Forages: New Approaches For C-4 Forages, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The current agricultural paradigm in the U.S. is heavily biased towards the production and marketing of crops as commodities. This paradigm is kept in place by grain handling and marketing infrastructure, as well as government farm programs, designed for crops as commodities. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) and maize (Zea mays L.) grown for grain certainly fit into this current paradigm.

A new approach to agricultural production and marketing, identity preserved products, is gaining in importance. This is made possible through new technologies and markets demanding products designed specifically for their needs. Examples of investment in identity preserved …

Media Effects On Phenotype Of Callus Cultures Initiated From Photoperiod-Insensitive, Elite Inbred Sorghum Lines, H. F. Kaeppler, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is a crop of worldwide agronomic importance. Routine production of high quality (friable, embryogenic, fast growing) callus cultures is fundamental to tissue culture based genetic study and improvement of sorghum. Genotype by culture medium interactions for sorghum callus growth and morphology have been previously reported. The objective of this study was to identify tissue culture media that would support high quality callus growth across photoperiod insensitive, relatively elite genotypes. Explants from immature inflorescences of 11 sorghum genotypes were cultured on 6 tissue culture media of differing composition. After 3 and 5 months in culture, calli …

Germplasm And Cultivar Development, M. D. Casler, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, G. C. Eizenga, S. D. Stratton

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Cool-season forage grasses have evolved, and continue to evolve, in natural ecosystems subject to environmental factors both in the presence and absence of human influences. The literature often lacks facts describing the evolution and domestication of forage grasses. Furthermore, the literature on this subject mainly deals with evolution of species in the broad scope, i.e., on a scale of hundreds of thousands or millions or years. Thus, some of our conclusions are necessarily speculative and are highly subject to the nature of the research that has been reported. We describe the forces of selection that act upon cool-season forage grasses …

Application Of The Single Kernel Wheat Characterization Technology To Sorghum Grain, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, C. R. Martin, F. C. Felker, J. L. Steele

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

A single kernel wheat characterization system (SKWCS) was recently developed by the USDA, ARS Grain Marketing Research Laboratory and is currently being marketed by Perten Instruments North America, Inc. This device has been shown to accurately measure individual seed hardness, moisture, and size of wheat. The objective of this study was to determine if the SKWCS technology could be applied to the measurement of sorghum grain. Grains from 64 sorghum plots grown at Mead, NE in 1992 were characterized using a prototype SKWCS at the USDA, ARS Grain Marketing Research Laboratory. Problems encountered were primarily associated with the single kernel …