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The Prairie Naturalist Volume 11, Number 4. December 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

THE STATUS OF HERONS, EGRETS AND IBISES IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. T. Lokomoen

RANGE EXPANSION OF BAIRD'S SPARROW IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ H. A. Kantrud and C. A. Faanes

NESTING RECORDS OF THE WOOD THRUSH IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ S. O. Lambeth and D. O. Lambeth

SOME ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MARBLED GODWITS AND WILLETS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ K. F. Higgins, L. M. Kirsch, M. R. Ryan and R. B. Renken

NOTES ON THE INCUBATION BEHAVIOR OF BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS ▪ E G. Bolen and E. N. Smith

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Red Fox Captures Sharp-tailed Grouse at the Lek ▪ S. …

Metals In Apple Cider Produced And Marketed In Connecticut, Dennis W. Hill, Thomas R. Kelley, Gale R. Morrow, Sylvia W. Matiuck

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

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.

Rare, Threatened And Endangered Vascular Plants In Oregon: An Interim Report, Jean L. Siddall, Kenton L. Chambers, David H. Wagner

Institute for Natural Resources Publications

This report on rare, threatened and endangered vascular plants in Oregon is a basic document in the process of inventorying the state's natural areas * Prerequisite to the orderly establishment of natural preserves for research and conservation in Oregon are (1) a classification of the ecological types, and (2) a listing of the special organisms, which should be represented in a comprehensive system of designated natural areas. The necessary ecological classification was published in the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station document, "Research Natural Area Needs in the Pacific Northwest," by Dyrness et al. (1975). This …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 11, Number 3. September 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

DISTRIBUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE HERPETILES OF ARAPAHO PRAIRIE ▪ R. E. Ballinger, J. D. Lynch and P. H. Cole

AVIAN MORTALITY FROM A SEVERE HAIL STORM ▪ J. L. Piehl

EFFECTS OF A SUMMER STORM ON BIRD POPULATIONS ▪ D. H. Johnson

SEXING AND AGING CRITERIA FOR THE WHITE PELICAN ▪ G. R. Lingle and N. F. Sloan

CANVASBACK DUCK RECOVERS FROM COMPOUND LUXATION TO WING ▪ H. A. Doty

SECOND NORTH DAKOTA RECORD OF LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH ▪ C. A. Faanes

FIRST NESTING RECORD OF A LOUISIANA HERON …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 11 , Number 2. June 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

SPECIES WITH EXTRA FLORAL NECTARIES IN A TEMPERATE FLORA (NEBRASKA) ▪ Kathleen H. Keeler

PLANTS OF MOUNT GOLIATH RESEARCH NATURAL AREA ▪ Jeanette Hartman and Rod Mitchell

STATUS OF THE STURGEON CHUB (HYBOPSIS GELIDA) AND SICKLEFIN CHUB (HYBOPSIS MEEKI) IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Robert C. Reigh and Dean S. Elsen

OBSERVATIONS ON COYOTE BIOLOGY IN NORTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI ▪ Fred B. Samson and Bill D. Hill

DESTRUCTION TO NESTING BIRDS ON A MARSH BAY BY A SINGLE STORM ▪ Martin K. McNicholl

BOOK REVIEWS

Presentations on Predators ▪ Staff

Migratory Game Birds ▪ Ronald A. Ryder

Wolf …

Ecotypic Differentiation Of Andropogon Virginicus L. In Relation To Strip Mine Spoil Banks, Valina Kay Hurt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Reciprocal plantings of populations of broomsedge, taken from an abandoned strip mine and from an abandoned farm plot in south central Kentucky, on strip mine spoil and abandoned field soil resulted in patterns of populations differentiation. Clonal plantings of populations from strip mine habitats and old field development appeared equal in height and biomass when grown on old field soils in both field trials and growth chamber studies. Populations when planted in strip mine soils in field trials and controlled growth experiments. Later flowering in strip mine populations may be a key to survival strategy in the harsh microclimates of …

The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 11, No. 1. March, 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

ORIN ALVA STEVENS, A PRAIRIE NATURALIST ▪ G. Monson

FIRST RECORD OF LONG-TAILED JAEGER FOR NORTH DAKOTA ▪ T. Gatz and D. Treasure

NEW RECORDS OF THE DWARF SHREW (SOREX NANUS) IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ R. J. Cinq-Mars, R. S. Hoffmann and J. K. Jones, Jr.

THE ETHYLENE FROM BURNING LIGNITE AS A PROBABLE CAUSE OF COLUMNARITY IN NORTH DAKOTA JUNIPERS ▪ J. M. Murphy and D. J. Holden

CAMOUFLAGED COYOTE DEN ENTRANCES ▪ D. P. Althoff

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1978 ▪ R.N. Randall

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An Upland Nest of the Virginia Rail in North …

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 …

A. Inoculum Of The Take-All Fungus And Prediction Of Take-All. B. Hypovirulent Strains And Control Of Take-All., K Sivasithamparam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

CONTENTS A. Inoculum of the Take-all-Fungus and the Prediction of Take-all 1. Inoculum from grass and wheat residues. a. Trial at Reichstein's, Esperance. b. Trial at Wallace's, Esperance. 2. Inoculum size and take-all. a. Inoculum fraction of a Jerramungup soil. b. Interaction of inoculum size with soil temperature. 3. Effect of various fertilizer treatment on inoculum - 79LG25. 4. Time of sampling and inoculum. a. Newdegate. b. Kulin. c. Badgingarra. 5. Take-all and Hypovirulent strains a. Newdegate - 78LG30. b. Esperance - 79E14.

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

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

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 …

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

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Phosphorus Sources Trials, J W. Bowden, M Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Pasture Trials 76BU1 New land pasture at Yallingupo Sand over laterite. 75N07B New land pasture at Chittering. Grave lo 76MT10 New land pasture at Mount Barker. Gravel. 77MT1 New land pasture at Mount Barkero Methods and particle size. Cropping Trials 76N4 New land - Phosphorus sources on barley - gravel sitee 76LG6 Short history - Phosphorus sources on barley - gravelly sande 76WH9 New land Phosphorus sources on wheat - loamy sands 77M016 - New land - Phosphorus sources on wheat - gravel ~ 3rd crop.

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

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

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 …

1979 Pasture Species Investigations - High Rainfall Area, D A. Nicholas

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Contents. 1. Clover cultivar grazing trial - 68NA1 - N. Bannister. 2. Perennial versus annual grass grazing trial - 72MN5 - Manjimup Research Station. 3. Pasture types demonstration - 72D1 - Denmark Agricultural High School. 4. 76MT3 - Trikkala evaluation trial - Mt Barker Research Station - see also report of D.J. Gillespie and separate progress report. 5. Clover cultivar evaluation trials: 77AL22 - Wellstead. 77BU10 - Karridale. 77D5 - Denmark Research Station. 78BR16 - Darradup. 78BU15 - Jindong. 78DE1 - Tingledale. 78MN5 - Manjimup Research Station. 79BY6 - Waterloo. 79ES35 - North Merivale. 79ES36 - Mount Merivale. 79MA12 - …

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

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

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

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, …

Declared Plant Control & Total Vegetation Control, P A. Rutherford

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

(A) Declared plant control. 1. Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Chemical control of Arum Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Properties: Prevelly Park, Margaret River (A), Wonnerup (B). (A) dense Arum Lily under shade from trees in Park reserve. (B) scattered Lily in clover pasture grazed by dairy cattle. 2. Blackberry (Rubus spp). 79AI60 - Evaluation of Roundup for blackberry control. Property - R. Wolfe, Bornholm. Herbicides for blackberry control. Property – G. Wright, Kent River. 79AL62 - Evaluations of “Krenite” for blackberry control. Property R.G. Ebbott, Bow Bridge. 3. Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) 79AP64 - Herbicide screening on Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). D. Wells, Denmark. …

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

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

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

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

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, +/- …