2016 Annual Report
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39th ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORT
Department of Research Centers
WESTERN TRIANGLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station Conrad, MT
2016 Crop Year
Submitted by:
Dr. Gadi V.P. Reddy, Associate Professor of Entomology & Insect Ecology
Dr. Roger Nkoa Ondoua, Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Soil Nutrient Management
Dr. Frank Antwi, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology
Dr. Scott L. Portman, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology Dr. Govinda Shrestha, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Entomology/Insect Ecology John H. Miller, Research Associate – Varietal Testing/Entomology/Insect Ecology Ashish Adhikari, Graduate Student – Entomology/Insect Ecology
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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Table of Contents
Varietal Testing Program
Winter wheat variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Spring wheat variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Wheat Stem Sawfly Tolerant & Semi-tolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Notes and Comments
Hollow-Stem, Wheat Stem Sawfly Intolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties Notes and Comments
Hard White Spring Wheat Notes and Comments
Spring barley variety evaluation at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Barley Variety Notes & Comments
Canola variety and Green and Grow evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center
Soil Testing
Entomology /Insect Ecology Program
Evaluation of Trap Crops for the Management of Wireworms in Spring Wheat in Montana
Monitoring of Wheat Midge and the Associated Parasitoid Macroglenes penetrans in Spring Wheat Fields
Field Evaluation of Bio-pesticides Against Wheat Midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana
Development of Pheromone based Monitoring and Mass Trapping for Pea Leaf Weevil in Pulse Crops
Effect of Bio-pesticides against Canola Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae
Joint Toxicity and Risk of Bifenthrin and Zeta-cypermethrin to a Non-target Insect
Western Triangle Agricultural Reserach Center Agronomy and Nutrient Management Program
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. 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. Owen Olfert, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada –wheat 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 – Pea leaf weevil Rama Gadi – Research Associate – Pea weevil
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: Bert Paulsen, Blake Underdahl, Connie Miller, Dawson Berg, Gaby Drishinski, Kendall Franks, Mikayla Connelly, Michaela DeBoo, Morgan Koenig, Will Early
