2015 Annual Report
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The 38th ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORT
WESTERN TRIANGLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station Conrad, MT
2015 Crop Year
Submitted by:
Dr. Gadi V.P. Reddy, Superintendent & Associate Professor of Entomology & Insect Ecology
Dr. Roger Nkoa Ondoua, Agronomy and Soil Nutrient Management
Dr. Frank B. Antwi, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology Dr. Scott L. Portman, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology John H. Miller, Research Associate – Varietal Testing/Entomology/Insect Ecology Amber Ferda, Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology
Ashish Adhikari, Graduate Student – Entomology/Insect Ecology
Daniel E. Picard, WTARC Special Projects Coordinator
Table of Contents
Agronomy and Soil Nutrient Management Program
Agronomy and Soil Nutrient Management Program
Entomology/Insect Ecology program
Effect of Thimet against wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus
Evaluation of trap crops for the management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on spring wheat
Varietal Testing Program
Winter wheat variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Winter Wheat Variety Notes & Comments
Hard White Winter Wheat Notes & Comments
Spring wheat and durum variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Sawfly Tolerant & Semi-tolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Notes and Comments
Hollow-Stem, Sawfly Intolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Notes and Comments
Hard White Spring Wheat Notes & Comments
Spring Barley variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Barley Variety Notes & Comments
Canola variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
INTRODUCTION
The information and data reported are a collaboration of ongoing or new research projects located at or near Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center (WTARC) of Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Conrad, Montana. Many projects are conducted in cooperation with faculty members, research associates and Post-doctoral fellows from the Depts. of Plant Science and Plant Pathology (PSPP) and Land Resources and Environmental Science (LRES) located on the campus of Montana State University (MSU), and Agricultural Research Centers: Central (CARC), Northern (NARC), Eastern (EARC), Northwestern (NWARC) Southern (SARC) and Western (WARC) of the Dept. of Research Centers.
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This report is NOT FOR PUBLICATION. No part may be published or reproduced in any form without prior consent of the authors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following faculty, former faculty, research associates, members of the Advisory Committee, cooperating producers and summer staff were involved or cooperated in accomplishing the research mission at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center:
Dr. Phil Bruckner and Jim Berg – Winter Wheat Variety Breeding Program
Dr. Luther Talbert and Hwa-Young Heo – Spring Wheat Variety Breeding Program
Dr. Olga S. Walsh, Southwest Research & Extension Center, University of Idaho, Parma, ID Dr. Stefan T. Jaronski, USDA-ARS, Sidney, MT – Entomopathogenic fungi
Dr. David I. Shapiro-Ilan, USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia – Entomopathogenic nematodes
Drs. David Weaver, Kevin Wanner and R.K.D. Peterson, LRES – Wheat stem sawfly/wireworms Dr. Héctor A. Cárcamo, Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Canada – Canola IPM
Dr. Scott Meers, Alberta Agri. and Rural Dev., Brooks, Canada – Orange wheat blossom midge Dr. Jamie Sherman and Liz Elmore – Barley Variety Breeding Program
Dr. Chengci Chen and Dr. Yusuf Mohammad – Pulse Crop Variety Testing Program Dr. Joyce Eckoff – Durum Variety Breeding and Testing Program
Dr. Bob Stougaard and Brooke Bohannon - Canola Variety Testing Program Shad Chrisman – Farm Mechanic/Safety Coordinator, WTARC
Philip L. Hammermeister – Research Assistant, WTARC Julie Prewett – Research Assistant III, WTARC
Debbie Miller – Research Assistant III, WTARC Julie Orcutt – Admin Associate III, WTARC
WTARC Advisory Committee and cooperating producers: Boyd Standley, Dan Picard, Jeff Farkell, Jerry Jerome, Kevin Bradley, Megan Mattson-Hedges, Phillip Hodgson, Rob Moog, Scott Inbody, Terry Alme, Dusty Jones, Mark Grubb, Phil Aschim, Steve Kellog, Dan Meuli, Jeremy Curry, Aaron Killion and Brian Aklestad.
Summer Staff: Blaine Berg, Caitlin Bach, Connie Miller, Dawson Berg, Gabby Drishinski, Javan Caroll, Krista Judisch, Malia Curry, Michaela DeBoo, Morgan Koenig, and Taylor Judisch.
