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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

Summary of Climatic Data

Variety Trials

Off-station winter wheat cultivar evaluations for the Western Golden Triangle area of Montana

Winter Cereal forage cultivar evaluations for the Western Golden Triangle area of Montana

Winter Wheat Variety Notes & Comments

Hard White Winter Wheat

Off-station spring wheat cultivar evaluations for the Western Golden Triangle area of Montana 

Sawfly Tolerant & Semi-tolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties 

Hollow-Stem, Sawfly Intolerant Hard Red Spring Wheat Varieties

Hard White Spring Wheat 

Durum 

Durum cultivar evaluations for the Western Golden Triangle area of Montana 

Off-station spring barley cultivar evaluations for the Western Golden Triangle area of Montana 

Barley Variety Notes & Comments 

Winter Pea Variety Evaluation 2017 – 2018 

Statewide and Western Regional Spring Pea, Lentil and Chickpea Variety Evaluation 

Western Regional Cool Season Food Legume Evaluation 

Canola variety evaluations at Western Triangle Ag. Research Center 

Agronomy and Soil Nutrient Management Program

Low Energy Sprinkler Application Effect on Montana Malt Barley 

Evaluation of Crystal Green Based Fertilizer 

Entomology/Ecology Program

Field Testing the Effect of Biopesticides against Wheat Stem Sawfly Management: Dose Response 

Evaluation of the effectiveness of entomopathogenic fungus and trap crops for the management of wireworms on spring wheat 

Role of entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) 

Monitoring of Wheat Midge and its Parasitoids Macroglenes penetrans and Platygaster tuberosula in Irrigated and Dryland Spring Wheat in Golden Triangle, Montana 

Introduction of two Biocontrol Agents Euxestonotus error and Platygaster tuberosula for the Management of Wheat Midge Population in Montana 

Laboratory bioassays and cage trials for the evaluation of the effect of biopesticides on field-collected pea leaf weevil adults and the impact on non-target organisms 

Evaluation of commercially available bio-pesticides against crucifer flea beetles and cabbage seed pod weevils on canola 

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. Jamie Sherman and Liz Elmore – Barley Variety Breeding Program

Dr. Stefan T. Jaronski, USDA-ARS, Sidney, MT – Entomopathogenic fungi Drs. Hikmet Budak and Fernando Guillen-Portal – Cereal Genomics

Dr. David I. Shapiro-Ilan, USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia – Entomopathogenic nematodes Drs. David Weaver and Kevin Wanner LRES – Wheat stem sawfly/wireworms

Dr. Héctor A. Cárcamo, Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Canada – Canola IPM

Dr. Tyler Wist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada –Wheat Midge Dr. Chengci Chen and Dr. Yusuf Mohammad – Pulse Crop Variety Testing Program Dr. Mike Giroux and Andrew Hogg– Durum Variety Breeding and Testing Program Dr. Bob Stougaard – wheat midge monitoring and biological control

Dr. Patrick Carr and Simon Fordyce– Canola Variety Testing Program Shad Chrisman – Farm Mechanic/Safety Coordinator, WTARC Alysha Miller – Research Assistant, WTARC

Julie Orcutt – Admin Associate, 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, Todd Eney, Steve Kellog, John Majerus, Jonathan Stoltz, Kevin Johnson, and Mike Leys, Aaron Killion and Brian Aklestad.

 

Summer Staff: Bert Paulsen, Carley Taft, Harold Miller, Hayley Taft, Jonathan Blanchard, Kale Larson, Mikayla Connelly and Sindhu Mettupalli.