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Crop Watch No. 2005-13, June 10, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates..........110

Add Soybean Rows Now..........111

Controlling Volunteer Corn..........112

Postemergence in Soybeans..........113

Managing Problem Weeds..........113

Light Trap Data..........113

Controlling Hoary Vervain..........115

Insects & Weed Control..........116

Recycling Containers..........117

Preharvest Wheat..........118

Crop Watch No. 2005-17, July 15, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates..........150

Auto-Guidance Field Day..........150

Predicted Wheat Yields..........151

Little Rain in Forecast..........152

Corn Rootworm for 2006..........153

Ecological Intensification..........154

No-Till Bus Tour..........154

Irrigating Sunflowers..........155

Yield-Affecting Corn Stages..........156

Improving Crop Water Use..........157

Losses from Irrigation Pipe..........158

Crop Watch No. 2005-20, September 2, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates..........180

Precip. Record, Forecast..........182

Panhandle Crop Status..........183

North Platte Valley Crops..........183

Women in Ag Conference..........183

Irrigation Uniformity..........184

Corn Stalk Nitrates..........185

Seeding Wheat..........187

Wheat Info. on the Net..........189

Tips for Seeder Calibration..........190

Crop Watch No. 2005-21, September 16, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates..........191

Grants for Innovative Ag..........191

Engineer Offers Fuel-Saving Tips..........195

Farm Beginning^TM Class..........195

Overlooked Nutrient Resource: Manure..........196

Examine Corn Ears..........197

Wegulo Joins Plant Pathology..........198

Controlling Winter Annual Grass Weeds..........199

Clean Bins, Equipment..........200

Crop Watch No. 2005-22, September 30, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates/ Ag Briefs..........202

Fall Grazing Alfalfa..........203

Fall Testing For SCN..........205

Stored Grain Moisture..........206

Controlling Mullein..........207

Stored Grain Temperature..........208

Manure Use Regulations..........208

Nitrogen Availability from Manure..........209

Ag Lab on Wheels..........210

Crop Watch No. 2005-23, October 14, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates/ Ag Briefs..........212

Manure Application Questions Answered..........213

Controlling Winter Annuals..........214

Ag at the Crossroads..........214

Sealing Old Wells..........215

Directory of Specialists..........217

New Weed Specialist..........219

Corm Rootworm Trial Results..........220

Crop Watch No. 2005-24, October 28, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Report..........222

Nebraska Food Co-op..........222

Hybrid/Variety Resources..........224

Disease Tolerance Traits..........225

Storing Hay..........226

Revitalize Pastures..........226

Insurance Workshop..........226

Soil Moisture Update..........227

No-Till Yield Results..........229

Maximizing Soil Nutrients..........230

Crop Watch No. 2005-25, November 18, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Reports & Briefs..........232

Cropping Profitability..........232

Conservation Sign-up..........233

Organic Farming Initiative..........234

Corn/Soybean Workshops..........235

Soybean Day & Expo..........235

Agronomy Highlights..........236

Fall Soil Testing..........236

Crop Protection Clinics..........237

Crop Management Programs..........237

CASNR Students Share..........238

Crop Watch No. 2005-26, December 16, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

4-State Beef Conference..........240

Grain Marketing Workshops..........240

Crop Technology Conference..........241

Spring Seed Guide..........242

Nebraska No-Till Conference..........242

Skip-Row Corn Trials..........243

CNMP Workshops..........244

National CNMP Training..........244

Turning Biomass to Fuel..........245

CASNR Students Explore Work, Internship..........246

Crop Watch No. 2005-14, June 17, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field Updates ..........120

High Plains Field Day ..........120

Asian Rust on Common Beans .......... 121

Rust Treatments and Applies .......... 123

Irrigation Efficiency .......... 124

Glyphosate Tank Mix Study .......... 125

Market Journal this Week .......... 125

How Weeds Compete .......... 126

Cutting Alfalfa .......... 127

Crop Diagnostic Clinic .......... 128

Grazing Conference .......... 128

Crop Watch No. 2005-16, July 1, 2005, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Field updates .......................... 140

Water productivity conf ......... 141

Corn blotch leafminers .......... 142

Rootworm beetles .................. 142

Soybean aphids ...................... 143

Western bean cutworms ......... 145

Sunflower insects ................... 146

Replanting sunflowers ........... 146

Corn growth stages ................ 147

Managing corn nematodes ..... 148

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Effects Of Different Water And Nitrogen Levels On The Yield And Periodicity Of Pistachio (Pistacia Vera L.), Mustafa Ünlü, Riza Kanber, Pasquale Steduto, Yusuf Aydin, Kenan Di̇ker

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The effects of 2 irrigation intervals (I_{f1}: 7 days and I_{f2}: 14 days), 4 nitrogen doses (N_g, N_0, N_1, N_2 and N_3) and 2 crop coefficients (K_{pc1}: 0.60 and K_{pc2}: 0.90) on pistachio nut fertigation were studied to establish suitable irrigation and fertigation scheduling. The nitrogen levels were 0, 10, 15 and 20 mg L^{-1}. In the traditional treatment, N_g, each tree received 500/600/400 g of NPK fertilizer at the beginning of February. Other fertilizer doses were applied in the irrigation water through a drip system. Irrigation water amount was calculated based on Class A-Pan evaporation. Wetted percentage in each …

The Impact Of Genomics And Genetics On Wheat Quality Improvement, John Snape, Lesley Fish, David Leader, Robert Bradburne, Adrian Turner

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This paper discusses how genetic and genomic tools may be used to understand the genetical and molecular control of cereal quality and to develop tools for its manipulation by conventional and genetic engineering approaches. Comprehensive genetic maps are a first step in the genetical and molecular analysis of traits and these now allow the dissection of the genetical control of complex traits. As an example, data on the genetical control of grain protein content in UK winter wheats is presented. From a series of field trials, several potentially useful new QTLs were identified on chromosomes 2B, 5D, 6A, 6B, 7A …

Role Of Conventional Plant Breeding And Biotechnology In Future Wheat Production, Sanjaya Rajaram

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The global wheat production by year 2020 could be increased by 40% provided there is a good integrated multidisciplinary wheat research program optimally funded by either public or private sectors. More emphasis needs to be placed on: 1) Improving yield potential; 2) Durable disease resistance; 3) Increasing abiotic stress tolerance; 4) Adopting better conservation systems. There are roles for both conventional plant breeding and biotechnology supported by other disciplines to achieve this goal.

Biotechnology Applications For Wheat Improvement At Cimmyt, Harindra Manilal William, Ravi Prakash Singh, Richard Trethowan, Maarten Van Ginkel, Alessandro Pellegrinshi, Julio Huerta-Espino, David Hoisington

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Despite the tremendous advances made by plant breeders in increasing the global food production, there is still a significant need for increased quantity and quality of food items in various regions of the world. Although this can be partially solved by upgrading the storage and distribution networks, crop performance and yield potentials are constantly challenged by various biotic and abiotic stress factors. As additional tools to facilitate the global wheat breeding efforts at CIMMYT, we have used molecular markers for characterizing loci that confer adult plant resistance to leaf rust and yellow (stripe) rust, which are globally important diseases in …

Genetics And Breeding For Durable Resistance To Leaf And Stripe Rusts In Wheat, Ravi Prakash Singh, Julio Huerta-Espino, Harindra Manilal William

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Singh, R.P., J. Huerta-Espino and H.M. William. 2004. Genetics and breeding for durable resistance to leaf and stripe rusts in wheat. Turk. J. Agric. For. 28: xxx-xxx. Yellow (or stripe) and leaf (or brown) rusts, caused by Puccinia striiformis and P. triticina, respectively, are important diseases of wheat worldwide. Growing resistant cultivars is the most economical and environmentally safe control measure and has no cost to growers. Wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars that have remained resistant for a long time, or in other words carry durable or race-nonspecific resistance, are known to occur. Inheritance of resistance indicates that these cultivars often …

Role Of Wheat In Diversified Cropping Systems In Dryland Agriculture Of Central Asia, Mekhlis Suleimenov, Kanat Akhmetov, Zheksembay Kaskarbayev, Aitkalym Kireyev, Lyudmila Martynova, Rakhim Medeubayev

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Wheat is major crop in dryland agriculture of Central Asia. In most cases both spring wheat and winter wheat are grown in rotation with summer fallow. Studies were conducted in order to identify alternative crops which possibly could replace part of summer fallow and part of wheat area. Summer fallow was found inefficient practice for soil moisture accumulation in semiarid steppes of northern and southern Kazakhstan as well as in Kyrgyzstan. Many alternative crops were identified in all zones of dryland farming providing better incomes to farmers than wheat. Most important are food legumes as field pea, chickpea, lentil, oilseeds …

Breeding Of Winter Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) For Different Adaptation Types In Multifunctional Agricultural Production, Zoltan Bedo, Laszlo Lang, Otto Veisz, Gyula Vida

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Germplasm research for sustainable wheat production has undergone a significant development in recent years. Considerable progress has been witnessed in breeding, especially with the selection of winter wheat genotypes with better adaptability to different technological systems in multifunctional agricultural production. The selection of wheat genotypes with abiotic and biotic resistance, stable performance under different fertilizer applications and for various technological systems, will contribute to the development of germplasm with special adaptation type and to that of environment-friendly technologies.

Economic Threshold For Wild Radish (Raphanus Raphanistrum L.) Control In Wheat Fields, Özhan Boz

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Field experiments were conducted in Aydın province in 1998 and 1999 to determine the economic threshold (ET) using florasulam + flumetsulam, 2,4-D amine, thifensulfuron methyl + tribenuron-methyl, and tribenuron-methyl for wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum L.) in wheat. The effect of wild radish density (1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 plants m^{-2}) on wheat yield was investigated using an adjacent plot design with 4 fields. For each weed density, yield was compared with that in the adjacent weed-free control plot. The grain yield in wild radish-free wheat was 4079 kg ha^{-1} in 1998, 4369 kg ha^{-1} in 1999 and 4224 kg …

Salinity Response Of Transgenic Potato Genotypes Expressing The Oxalate Oxidase Gene, Hakan Turhan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

In vitro and in vivo responses of transgenic and non-transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes to salinity were investigated. A gene responsible for the production of oxalate oxidase enzyme, whose expression has been associated with plant stress tolerance, was used. Transgenic potato plants expressing the oxalate oxidase enzyme were produced using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The transgenic nature of the plants was verified by their antibiotic (kanamycin) resistance and then in vitro enzyme assays. Four independent transgenic genotypes obtained from 2 cultivars, Maris Bard and Desiree, were tested at 5 levels of NaCl (0%, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75% and 1.00% w/v) in vitro. …

Effect Of Storage Time On Some Mechanical Properties And Bruise Susceptibility Of Pears And Apples, Yeşi̇m Benal Yurtlu, Doğan Erdoğan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of storage time on some mechanical properties and bruise susceptibility of Williams and Ankara varieties of pear and Starkspur Golden Delicious and Starking varieties of apple. The research was performed in 2 stages. Firstly, compression tests were conducted to determine the mechanical properties of fruits. Secondly, an impact test was used to determine the bruise susceptibility of test materials. Impact tests were performed using a pendulum with 50 cm arm length. The tests were carried out at 5 storage times (harvest day, 1^{st}, 2^{nd}, 3^{rd} and 4^{th} month) and 3 drop heights …

G05-1589 Fun Family Time Together, Kathy Bosch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Listed here are some 100 activities that families can do together to help strengthen their relationships and create unity and loyalty among all family members.

"One criterion for family fun is to make time to be together."

Nf05-617 Guardianship Responsibilities To The Court, Eileen Krumbach, John Defrain, Bruce Cudly, Dina Rathje, Carol Lieske, Rene Ferdinand, Mary Evans, Mary Gordon

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact, the second in a series, discusses legal guardianship.

G05-1563 Manure Incorporation And Crop Residue Cover: Part I: Reduction Of Cover, David P. Shelton

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Residue cover reduction caused by soil-engaging components typically used with tank spreaders and towed hose systems to apply liquid or slurry manure.

Manure incorporation represents a compromise between best management practices for soil erosion control and manure management. Manure should be incorporated into the soil for odor control, increased availability of nutrients, and control of potential manure runoff; however, disturbing the soil and crop residue may increase soil erosion and water runoff. This NebGuide summarizes the results of a field study to determine the influences on crop residue cover of common equipment used to simultaneously apply and incorporate manure.

Ec05-219 2005 Nebraska Swine Report, Duane Reese

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The 2005 Nebraska Swine Report was prepared by the staff in Animal Science and cooperating Departments for use in Extension, Teaching and Research programs. This publications deals with research on swine reproduction, breeding, health, nutrition, economics, and housing.

G05-1557 Planning Your Riparian Buffer: Design And Plant Selection, Amanda Fox, Thomas G. Franti, Scott J. Josiah, Mike Kucera

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Learn how to plan and design a riparian buffer and select appropriate tree and grass species.

Conservation buffers are planted for environmental, aesthetic, recreational, and economic reasons. Grass filter strips, grassed waterways, field borders, and field windbreaks are examples of conservation buffers. A conservation buffer also may be a streamside or riparian forest buffer and include trees, shrubs, and grasses. Riparian buffers are a best management practice to protect stream water quality, reduce streambank erosion, and provide wildlife habitat. Buffers also can provide income through payments from federal, state and local cost-share programs or through production and sale of specialty …

Growing Raspberries, Donald E. Janssen, Paul Read

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Raspberries are an excellent small fruit to grow in the home garden. They have vigorous growth, are seldom injured by spring frost and produce high-quality fruit. The fruit is used for jams, jellies, pies and as a fresh fruit. Fresh raspberries are expensive in the marketplace and may be hard to find, making them an excellent small fruit to grow.
Raspberries can be divided into two types based on fruiting time and frequency. The summer bearing type produce fruit only once during the year in midsummer; whereas the everbearing or fall bearing types produce one light crop in summer and …

Ec05-838 Alternative Crop Budgets And Decision Making, Paul Burgener, David D. Baltensperger, Dillon M. Feuz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

The Nebraska Panhandle presents many unique opportunities for agricultural producers interested in alternative crops. Traditional crops grown in the area are sugarbeets, dry edible beans, alfalfa hay, and corn on irrigated acres and wheat on dryland acres. The goal of this publication is to provide producers with information that can be used to estimate the production costs for alternative crops.

Ec05-1572 Corn Insects I, Robert J. Wright, Terry A. Devries, James A. Kalisch

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This two-page, 4-color extension circular covers the identification and management of Nebraska corn insects. These include: European corn borer, Western bean cutworm, corn earworm, armyworm, fall armyworm, common stalk borer, and black cutworm.