2017 Field Day

2017 IREC Field Day Booklet

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Research Projects include: 

• Alfalfa Projects
  • Windrow Manipulation to Accelerate Alfalfa Drying Rate
  • Evaluations of Seed Coating in Alfalfa 
  • Evaluation of Sharpen (saflufenacil) Use in Established Alfalfa
  • Alfalfa Variety Evaluation in Mountain Valleys of Northern
    California
  • Cutting Schedule Effects on Reduced Lignin & Conventional Alfalfa
  • Alfalfa Germplasm Evaluation-Fall Dormancy
  • Investigation of Glyphosate Injury to Roundup Ready Alfalfa

• Forage Projects 
  • Evaluation of Forage Plantain
  • Investigation of Indaziflam for Invasive Annual Grass Control and Perennial Grass Establishment
  • Kura Clover Project
  • Assessing Efficacy of Zinc Phosphide-Coated Cabbage for Belding’s Ground Squirrel Control
  • Influence of Fall Defoliation Height on the Productivity of Three
    Perennial Grasses

• Onion Projects 
  • Thrips Control in Onions
  • Management of White Rot of Onions with Fungicides
  • Onion Weed Control
  • Management of Seedcorn Maggot and Onion Maggot in Processing Onions

• Other Research 
  • Evaluating the Potential for Quinoa and Amaranth Grain Production in the Klamath Basin
  • Microbial Water Quality Survey on the Klamath and Modoc National Forests

• Peppermint Projects
  • Weed Control in Peppermint

• Potato Projects
  • Evaluation of Certified Organic Control for Columbia Root Knot
    Nematode in Organic Potatoes
  • Potato Variety Selection Evaluation & Development
  • Cultural Management of New Potato Varieties
  • Comparison of Nitrogen-Fixing Cover Crops and Organic
    Amendments for Nitrogen Fertilization in Organic Potatoes

• Small Grain Projects
  • Use of Palisade PGR to Prevent Barley Lodging in Tulelake
  • California Small Grain Variety Selection Trial
  • Wheat Genetic Resources & Mapping Experiments
  • Improving Spring Barley for Northern Intermountain Areas
  • Development of Wheat Varieties for California
  • Evaluation of Small Grain Species and Varieties Under Dryland
    Conditions
  • Cereal Leaf Beetle Parasitoid Support