PPAC Research and Demonstration Projects 1999

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Don Huber, Botany & Plant Pathology

Cultural and Biological Control of Soilborne
Diseases of Wheat (Take-all)
To evaluate potential biological control agents for Take-all.

Cultural and Biological Control of Soilborne Diseases (IN 55035, A, B)
To evaluate different sources and carriers for micronutreints
influencing biological control and disease response.   Take-all
wheat is the primary disease. Evaluating on corn, wheat, and soybean
(precrop and crop effects).

Rex Bernardo and Bill Foster, Agronomy

Corn Yield Trials
Experimental corn trials ? top yielders. Compare breeding methods.

Kelly Day and W. Paul Lorton, Agronomy

Wheat Performance Test
Provide evaluation data on wheat varieties.

Soybean Performance Test
Provide evaluation data on soybean varieties.

Spring Oats Test
Provide evaluation data on oat varieties.

Larry Bledsoe and Rich Edwards, Entomology

Efficacy of Commercial and Experimental Insecticides Used
to Control Corn Rootworm
Evaluate new products and generate data for extension
recommendations.

Efficacy and Yield Correlation of Commercial Insecticides
Used to Control Corn Rootworm
Generate data for extension recommendations for corn rootworm.

Corn Trap Crop
A trap crop for corn rootworm eggs in’99 to provide
experimental area in ’00.

Terry West, Gary Steinardt, and Tony Vyn, Agronomy

Long Term Tillage Study for Corn and Soybeans
Evaluate the affects of tillage on crop residue cover, soil
temperature, plant emergence, growth, maturity and yield
of corn and soybeans.

Single — Pass Mulch Tillage
Feasibility in Northern Indiana.

Sylvie Brouder and Brenda Hofmann, Agronomy

Indigenous Soil K Supply, Fertilizer-K Use-Efficiency and
K Budgets in Indiana Corn and Soybean Production
Evaluate the agronomic efficiency of currently recommend
K fertilizer rates; evaluate theoretically improved soil K tests
for ability to predict soil K supply.

Eileen Kladivko, John Graveel, and Cindy Nakatsu, Agronomy
andMike Hickman, Botany and Plant Pathology

Cover Crop Mixtures for Soil Quality Improvement
Evaluate the potential for cover crop mixtures to improve soil
structure, microbial biomass and diversity, and nutrient conservation
and availability under no-till and conventional tillage systems and
a corn/soybean rotation.

Keith Johnson and Ben Carter, Agronomy

Alfalfa Performance Trials 1997-2000
Compare different alfalfa variety yields at five PAC locations
across the state of Indiana.

Alfalfa Performance Trials 1999-2002
Compare different alfalfa variety yields at five PAC
locations across the state of Indiana.

Jim Wilcox, USDA, Jerry Powell, Gary Nowling,
and Wad Crochet, Agronomy

Soybean Variety Yield Trials
To compare yields or replicated soybean cultivars within
specific tests as determined by maturity.

Liz Maynard, Horticulture

Supersweet (sh2) Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation - White
To evaluate supersweet (sh2) sweet corn cultivars for
performance in Northern Indiana.

Sugar Enhanced (se) Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation - White
To evaluate white sugar-enhanced (se) sweet corn cultivars
for performance in Northern Indiana.

Sugar Enhanced (se) Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation —
Bicolor and Yellow
To evaluate bicolor and yellow sugar-enhanced (se) sweet corn
cultivars for performance in Northern Indiana.

Supersweet (sh2) Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation —
Bicolor and Yellow
To evaluate bicolor and yellow supersweet (sh2) sweet corn
cultivars for performance in Northern Indiana.

Squash Cultivar Response to Weeds
To evaluate winter squash cultivars for competitiveness
against weeds.

Weed Thresholds in Winter Squash
To develop weed thresholds in winter squash.

Organic Vegetable Production
Demonstrate organic vegetable production and evaluate
cultural and fertility practices.

Managing Potassium for Vegetable Crops
To manage potassium for vegetable crops.

Fresh Market Tomato Cultivar Evaluation
To evaluate fresh market tomato cultivars for performance
in Northern Indiana.

Liz Maynard, Horticulture and Jim Moore, Pharmacy

Promoting Earliness in Vegetable Crops
To evaluate effect of growth enhancing compound on earliness
of vegetable crops.

Liz Maynard and Steve Weller, Horticulture

Weed Management inMuskmelons
To evaluate alternative weed management strategies
in muskmelons.

Phil DeVillez and Bill Foster, Agronomy

Corn Performance Trials
Yield test of hybrids sold in Indiana.

Tony Vyn, Terry West, and Scott McCoy, Agronomy

Interseeding Soybeans into Wheat
Evaluation of seed coatings on soybeans to improve feasibility
of interseeding soybeans into wheat relative to double-crop or
full season soybean alternatives.

Brian Miller, Forestry and Natural Resources

WindBreak and Wetland Demonstration Planting
Demonstration of windbreak and wetland planting
possibilities.

Brian McGowan, Forestry and Natural Resources

Filter Strips
Filter strips as a sink or source of vertebrate crop pests.