The following information
is a listing of agronomic research conducted at the
Germplasm
Evaluation/Cultivar Development
Alfalfa: Evaluation of alfalfa varieties; Meyer
(Plant Science)
Barley: 2-row plant breeder nurseries; Franckowiak (Plant Science)
Barley: 6-row plant breeder nurseries; Horsley
(Plant Science)
Barley: Collaborative company nursery; Canterra
Chickpea: Regional breeder nursery; Muehlbauer (WSU/USDA)
Corn: Breeder nurseries (2); Carena (Plant Science)
Crambe: Evaluation of advanced experimental
cultivars; Hammond (Plant Science)
Dry Bean: Evaluation of advanced experimental
lines (2); Grafton (Plant Science)
Durum: Uniform Regional Durum Nursery (2); Elias
(Plant Science)
Field Pea: Regional breeder nursery; McFee
(WSU/USDA)
Field Pea: Collaborative company nursery; Canterra
Flax: Plant breeder nurseries; Hammond
(Plant Science)
Forage Pea: Evaluation of experimental
forage-type cultivars; Elliott Plant
Breeding
Juneberry: Evaluation of varieties; Hatterman –Valenti (Plant
Science)/Kelner (Velva)
Lentil: Regional breeder nursery; Muehlbauer (WSU/USDA)
Lupin: Evaluation of experimental lines
Lupin: Germplasm purification/increase
Lupin: Increase of potential releases
Oats: Uniform Midseason Oat Nursery; McMullen
(Plant Science)
Oats: Breeders nursery; McMullen (Plant
Science)
Oats: Collaborative company nursery; Canterra
Onion: Hybrid performance; Hatterman-Valenti (Plant Science)
Pearl Millet: Evaluation of grain hybrids and
random mating populations; Rajewski
(UNL)
Safflower: Evaluation of advanced experimental
cultivars; Riveland(Williston REC)
Sorghum: Evaluation of experimental hybrids
and random mating populations; Rajewski (UNL)
Soybean: Evaluation of advanced experimental
cultivars (3); Helms (Plant Science)
Spelt: Evaluation of experimental and
released winter types
Wheat: Advanced breeder nursery; Mergoum (Plant Science)
Wheat: Evaluation/increase of
previously-released varieties in an organic environment; (NPSAS)
Wheat: Uniform Hard Red Spring Wheat
Regional Nursery; Busch (USDA-ARS)
Wheat: White wheat plant breeder nursery (2);
Berzonsky (Plant Science)
Wheat: Cultivar susceptibility
to prevalence of stem rust; Miller (USDA-ARS)
Wheat/Durum: Collaborative company nursery; Canterra
Winter Wheat: Evaluation of advanced
experimental cultivars; (Plant Science)
Winter triticale breeder nurseries/grain; Kolden (
Winter triticale breeder nurseries/forage;
Kolden (
Crop Fertility Research
Inoculation / nitrogen fertility management
in soybean; Industry
Inoculation / nitrogen fertility management
in field pea; Industry
Inoculation / nitrogen fertility management
in lentil; Philom Bios
Influence of N level on experimental
genotypes of white wheat (2); Berzonsky (Plant
Science)
Top-dress and preplant
N fertilization of canola; Lukach (Langdon
REC)/Eriksmoen (Hettinger REC)/Halvorson (North
Central REC)
Influence of fertilizer formulation on
response to top-dressed N on canola; Eriksmoen
(Hettinger REC)/Lukach (Langdon REC)/Halvorson (North
Central REC)
Evaluation of phosphorus-solubilizing inoculants on canola; Becker Underwood
Nitrogen fertilization of
Management practices for high-yielding
irrigated wheat, Steele (Ag & Biosystems
Engineering)
Effect of split applications of
nitrogen on hard red spring wheat, (2) Gregoire
(Extension)
Entomology Research
Evaluation of canola seed and foliar
treatments and planting date for flea beetle control; Knodel
(North Central REC)/Hanson (Langdon REC)
Evaluation of canola seed treatments for flea
beetle control; Syngenta /Hanson (Langdon
REC)/Knodel
(North Central REC)
Evaluation of biorational pesticides for spring flea beetle control; Olson
(Entomology)
Evaluation of biorational pesticides for summer flea beetle control; Olson
(Entomology)
Comparison of
blends of treated/untreated seed to reduce canola input costs; Knodel
(North Central REC)/Hanson (Langdon REC)
Canola insect
monitoring; Knodel (North Central REC)
Crop Management
Research
Effect of stand age and stubble height in
alfalfa; Meyer (Plant Science)
Effect of planting date and
harvest timing on oil quality in borage; Johnson (Plant Science)/
Hanson (Langdon REC)
Evaluation of dormant seeding canola; Hanson (Langdon REC)/Halvorson (North
Central REC)/Eriksmoen (Hettinger REC)
Effect of spring stand on yield of
dormant-seeded canola; National Crop Insurance Service
Influence of plant stand and row spacing on
canola yield and quality; Petersen and Johnson (Plant Science)
Influence of row spacing, variety, seeding
rate, and pesticide application on chickpea performance; Jenks (North
Central REC)
Evaluation of seeding rate and row spacing in
corn (2)
Corn relative maturity by planting date; Ransom (Plant Science)
Flax response to seeding and nitrogen rates;
Langdon REC/North Central REC
Onion: Planting configuration by cover crop; Hatterman-Valenti (Plant Science)
Onion plant
population by row spacing; Hatterman-Valenti
(Plant Science)
Producing onion
sets; Hatterman-Valenti (Plant Science)
Effect of swathing time on
Evaluation of variety, planting date, seeding
rate, and row spacing in soybean
Effect of seeding rate on forage
performance and yield of winter triticale
Effect of harvest timing on
forage regrowth, yield, and quality of winter
triticale
Impact of timing of field rolling
on soybean performance
Precision ag crop management; Nowatzki / Hofman (Ag and Biosystems
Engineering)
Crop Rotation Research
Long-term cropping systems trial evaluating
rotations, tillage, and fertility
Effect of previous crops on potato growth and
yield, Hatterman-Valenti (Plant Science)/
Long-term soybean
rotation; Bradley (Plant Pathology)
Plant Pathology
Research
Evaluation of canola varieties for
susceptibility to Sclerotinia; Bradley and
Legare (U. of MN-Crookston)
Evaluation of fungicides for Sclerotinia
management in canola; Bradley (Plant Pathology)/
Hanson (Langdon REC)/McKay (North Central REC)/Legare
(U. of MN-Crookston)/AMVAC/CerexAgri
Evaluation of Intercept for control of
Sclerotinia sclerotia in canola, dry bean, and sunflower;
Management of Ascochyta blight in
chickpea by cultivar selection and fungicide application; McKay (North
Central REC)/Eriksmoen (Hettinger REC)
Evaluation of dry
bean breeding lines for Sclerotinia susceptibility; Rasmussen (Plant
Pathology)/Grafton (Plant Sciences)
Evaluation of fungicides for control of
Sclerotinia in dry bean;
Evaluation of crop rotation and tillage
system for control of Sclerotinia sclerotia in dry bean;
Influence of tillage system and burial depth
on survival of Sclerotinia sclerotia;
Sclerotinia
management with fungicides in field pea production systems. Halley
(Langdon REC)
Influence of field pea seed treatments on
root rot and nodulation; Halley (Langdon REC)/Halvorson (North Central
REC)/Bradley (Plant Pathology)
Flax seed
treatment evaluation; Bradley (Plant Pathology)/Halley (Langdon
REC)
Sunflower head rot screening nursery; Gulya (USDA-ARS)/Miller (USDA-ARS)/Draper (SDSU)
Evaluation of biological control agents for sunflower head rot; TJ
Technologies
Evaluation of
fungicides for control of Sclerotinia head rot in confection sunflowers; Draper
(SDSU)/Gulya (USDA-ARS)
Sunflower head rot screening methodology; Gulya
(USDA-ARS)
Evaluation of sunflower germplasm for susceptibility to Sclerotinia
stalk rot (2); Gulya (USDA-ARS)
Evaluation Anthracnose management with fungicides in lupin
HRS wheat variety
response to foliar fungicide and seeding rates
Fusarium head
blight spore trapping/forecasting for wheat; (Plant Pathology)
Evaluation of fungicides for leaf rust
control in spring wheat; CREC/Valent
Impact
of plant population and fungicides on scab and DON levels in barley. Lukach (Langdon REC)/
Gregoire (Extension)
Evaluation of fungicides for suppression of
scab in spring wheat; CREC/McMullen (Plant Pathology)
Evaluation of fungicides for suppression of
scab in durum; CREC/McMullen (Plant Pathology)
Evaluation of fungicides for scab and leaf
spot disease control in spring wheat; CREC/Valent
Onion
disease management; Hatterman-Valenti (Plant
Science)
Weed Science
Research
Weed
control and crop tolerance in glyphosate-resistant canola; Monsanto
Evaluation
of herbicide tolerance and weed control in field pea; BASF
Volunteer flax and canola control in field
pea; Howatt
(Plant Science)
Flax response to application timing of POST
herbicides
Crop response and weed control in
Express–tolerant sunflower; Howatt (Plant Science)
Crop response and weed control in
Assure II plantback
in spring wheat; Monsanto
Evaluation of herbicides for foxtail control
in HRS wheat (2); Howatt (Plant Science)/Syngenta
Volunteer spring wheat control with Assure
II; Monsanto
Weed control and crop response in
glyphosate-resistant HRS wheat (2); Monsanto
Evaluation of weed shifts under
Roundup-tolerant crops; Howatt (Plant Science)
Onion weed control
(2); Hatterman-Valenti (Plant Science)