Producers are frequently most interested in economic comparisons of various cropping systems. We compared continuous corn (Zea mays L.) and continuous soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] with 2-, 3-, and 5-year rotations, the latter two including wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), using either chisel plow or no-tillage practices. Crop yield and returns to land and manag...

Crop models can be useful tools for estimating crop growth status and yield on large spatial domains if their parameters and initial conditions values can be known for each point. By coupling a radiative transfer model with the crop model (through a canopy structure variable like LAI), it is possible to assimilate, for each point of the spatial domain, remote sensing variables (like reflectance...

planting rhizoma peanut (rp) (Arachis glabrata Benth.) in tilled strips in existing bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) pastures may be an option for establishing legume–grass mixtures in the U.S. Gulf Coast, but management during establishment is not well defined. The objectives were to determine the effect of weed control strategies and N fertilizer on rp establishment in the strip. Treatmen...

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is typically slow and difficult to establish. Field experiments evaluated switchgrass establishment and the response of warm-season grass weeds (large crabgrass [Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.], broadleaf signalgrass [Urochloa platyphylla (Munro ex C. Wright) r.D. Webster], Johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L.) pers.], and Texas panicum [Urochloa texana (Buckl...

L.) are now grown with winter wheat and fallow. Integrating crop diversity with other cultural tactics enabled No-till systems have enabled producers to change crop rotations in producers to effectively control weeds with 50% less the semiarid Central Great Plains. Previously, winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)–fallow was the prevalent rotation; now producers grow herbicide inputs compared wit...

Walker’s Manihot, Manihot walkerae, is an endangered species endemic to south Texas and northeastern Mexico a Crop Wild Relative (CWR) of the international economically important crop cassava (M. esculenta). walkerae globally (IUCN’s Redlist, list, USA); however, it not recognized on Mexican list (NOM-059-SEMARNAT). We assessed status M. in re-evaluated its global status. According our analysis...

Background: Worldwidely cultivated, melon is commercially an important fruit crop, as it is in Iran. Objectives: Establishment of an efficient in vitro plant regeneration system plays a pivotal role in the plant transformation, hence, the importance of regeneration protocol for Iranian melon (Cucumis melo L. var. Gorgab) has encouraged us to work on in vitro melon regeneration. Material and Me...

Bair, Lucas S.; Alig, Ralph J. 2006. Regional cost information for private timberland conversion and management. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-684. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p. Costs of private timber management practices in the contiguous United States are identified, and their relationship to timber production in general is ...

Introduction Stand establishment is the first step in producing a good wheat crop, and most producers intend to obtain a uniform stand of wheat. However, intentions are not always the same as reality when it comes to wheat establishment. A study conducted in the early 1990s by the OSU Small Grains Extension Program compared producer perception of wheat seeding accuracy with actual field measure...