Southern Agricultural Research Center 

RESULTS OF AGRONOMIC AND WEED SCIENCE RESEARCH
CONDUCTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA - 2016

The Annual Report of the Investigations and Administration at the
Southern Agricultural Research Center, Huntley, Montana

Kenneth D. Kephart, Tamara L. Balzer, Tom A. Fischer, Qasim A. Khan, Janna Kransky, Kelli Maxwell, and Kent A. McVay^1/

Table of Contents

Variety Testing and Elite Germplasm Evaluations

Small Grains

• Dryland and Irrigated Spring Barley Early Yield Trials near Huntley, Montana.
• Dryland Advanced and Intrastate Winter Wheat Variety Performance Trials near Huntley, Montana.
• Dryland and Irrigated Intrastate Spring Barley Yield Performance Trials near Huntley, Montana.
• Dryland and Irrigated Hulless Spring Barley Trials near Huntley, Montana.
• Dryland Advanced Spring Wheat Variety Performance Trial near Huntley, Montana.
• Off-Station Winter Wheat Variety Performance Trials in South Central Montana.
• Off-Station Spring Wheat Variety Performance Trials in South Central Montana.
• 2016 Montana Statewide Barley Performance Trials.

Corn

• Irrigated Hybrid Grain Corn Performance Trial near Huntley, Montana.

Alternative Crops

• Montana Cool-Season Spring Pulse Variety Evaluation.

Forage Crops

• Intrastate Alfalfa Yield Trial Performance under Irrigated Condition near Huntley, Montana.

Cropping Systems

• Developing a Dynamic Crop Coefficient (Kc) To Improve Irrigation Efficiency.
• Foliar applications to correct micro-nutrient deficiencies in wheat.
• Nitrogen management and variety comparisons of Moravian malt barley.
• Spring barley performance following various cover crop mixes in southcentral Montana.

Disease Management

• Strategies for Control Of Rhizoctonia Crown and Root Rot in Sugarbeet in Montana.

APPENDIX

• Appendix Table 1. Summary of weather observations at the Southern Agricultural Research Center during the 2016 cropping year.

^1/Professor of Agronomy and Superintendent, Administrative Assistant, Research Specialist and Farm Foreman, Research Associate of Cropping Systems, Research Assistant III, Research Associate of Agronomy, and Associate Professor of Cropping Systems, respectively.