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Development
of conservation farming systems for protecting soil and water
quality in downy brome infested dry land farming systems.
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Integrated
conservation spring cropping systems for the arid and semiarid
wheat-fallow region of the PNW.
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Residue
production and retention in small grain cereal and legume rotations
with different tillage practices.
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Modified
wheat-potato rotations to reduce wind erosion.
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PNW
STEEP III integrated cropping systems technology transfer.
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Disease
management for annual crops in low-rainfall regions.
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Alternative
crop rotations using no-till in low-rainfall dry land areas.
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Developing
flex-cropping options for wheat-fallow rotations.
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On-farm
evaluation of Cephalosporium stripe severity and yield for wheat
cultivars and cultivar mixtures grown in conservation tillage
systems.
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Impact
of long-term no till on soil physical, chemical, and microbial
properties.
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Rotation
designs for direct seed cropping systems.
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Modern
application of historic crop rotation data.
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Developing
optimal seeding rates and planting practices to enhance yellow
mustard production with low chemical inputs in conservation
farming systems.
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Continuation
of PNW STEEP III integrated cropping systems technology transfer
project.
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Assessing
the economic viability of no-till and related conservation systems
for various agro-climatic zones in the Pacific Northwest.
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Managing
the economic transitions to no-till farming in the Pacific Northwest.
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Impact
of direct seeding on crop water use efficiency, soil physical
and microbial properties, and quality of soil organic matter.
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Improved
methods for evaluation of resistance to Cephalosporium stripe
of wheat.
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Integrated
management system for sustained seed yield of Kentucky bluegrass
without burning.
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Enhancing
the success of direct-seed systems through the use of case studies
to facilitate farmer-to-farmer learning in the Pacific Northwest.
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Northwest
coalition on direct-seed cropping systems research.
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Agronomic
and economic evaluation of new cropping systems and their components.
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Develop
suitable cultivars and agronomic practices for direct drilling
winter canola into cereal stubble.
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Evaluation
of wheat and pea varieties under direct and conventional seeding
in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
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Northwest
Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conferences.
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Expanding
access to PNW STEEP III cropping systems technology.
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Long-term
alternative crop rotations for the low rainfall dry land using
no-till: Years 4 through 6.
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Identifying
superior Brassica species and cultivars within species that
are suitable for direct-
seeding throughout the Pacific Northwest region.
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New
technologies and strategies for managing weeds in conservation
cropping systems for
dryland wheat.
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The
influence of polyacrylamide on the movement of soil-applied
herbicides in furrow-irrigated
corn
