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STEEP
Funded Projects: 1996-2008
(effective November, 2007)
Nearly $6 million has been allocated to fund the following research and technology transfer projects.
- Development of conservation farming systems for protecting soil and water quality in downy brome infested dry land farming systems.
- Integrated conservation spring cropping systems for the arid and semiarid wheat-fallow region of the PNW.
- Residue production and retention in small grain cereal and legume rotations with different tillage practices.
- Modified wheat-potato rotations to reduce wind erosion.
- PNW STEEP III integrated cropping systems technology transfer.
- Disease management for annual crops in low-rainfall regions.
- Alternative crop rotations using no-till in low-rainfall dry land areas.
- Developing flex-cropping options for wheat-fallow rotations.
- On-farm evaluation of cephalosporium stripe severity and yield for wheat cultivars and cultivar mixtures grown in conservation tillage systems.
- Impact of long-term no till on soil physical, chemical, and microbial properties.
- Rotation designs for direct seed cropping systems.
- Modern application of historic crop rotation data.
- Developing optimal seeding rates and planting practices to enhance yellow mustard production with low chemical inputs in conservation farming systems.
- Continuation of PNW STEEP III integrated cropping systems technology transfer project.
- Assessing the economic viability of no-till and related conservation systems for various agro-climatic zones in the Pacific Northwest.
- Managing the economic transitions to no-till farming in the Pacific Northwest.
- Impact of direct seeding on crop water use efficiency, soil physical and microbial properties, and quality of soil organic matter.
- Improved methods for evaluation of resistance to cephalosporium stripe of wheat.
- Integrated management system for sustained seed yield of Kentucky bluegrass without burning.
- Enhancing the success of direct-seed systems through the use of case studies to facilitate farmer-to-farmer learning in the Pacific Northwest.
- Northwest coalition on direct-seed cropping systems research.
- Agronomic and economic evaluation of new cropping systems and their components.
- Develop suitable cultivars and agronomic practices for direct drilling winter canola into cereal stubble.
- Evaluation of wheat and pea varieties under direct and conventional seeding in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
- Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference.
- Expanding access to PNW STEEP III cropping systems technology.
- Long-term alternative crop rotations for the low rainfall dry land using no-till: Years 4 through 6.
- Identifying superior Brassica species and cultivars within species that are suitable for direct-seeding throughout the Pacific Northwest region.
- New technologies and strategies for managing weeds in conservation cropping systems for dry land wheat.
- The influence of polyacrylamide on the movement of soil-applied herbicides in furrow-irrigated corn.
- Assessing the impact of no-till and conventional-till on crop, variety, soil, insect, and disease response.
- Seed Placed Lime to Reduce the Acidifying Affects of nitrogen Fertilizer in Long-Term Direct Seed systems.
- Updating Statistical Analysis Software for On-Farm Testing
- No-Till Sowing into Standing Irrigated Stubble Instead of Burning.
- Vegetation management with herbicides during fallow periods in direct-seed, dry land winter wheat cropping systems in the PNW.
- Rotation effects of alternative crops on spring and winter wheat in direct-seed cropping systems.
- Strategies for profitable conservation tillage farming in the Pacific Northwest.
- Identifying alternate rotation crops for eastern Oregon.
- Initiating long-term agronomic experiments in north-central Oregon and south-central Washington.
- Nutrient requirements of short-season dryland corn grown in eastern Washington using direct seeding methods.
- Seasonal and spatial dynamics of rodent damage and effectiveness of management options in no-till crop rotations in Idaho and Washington.
- The role of alternate hosts in the epidemiology of ascochyta blight of chickpea in reduced tillage cropping systems in the Pacific Northwest.
- Examination of tillage factors, crop type, soils and non-crop habitat upon soil fauna, ground dwelling predators, and aphid density in a small inland PNW watershed.
- Expanding access to PNW direct seed/conservation tillage systems technology.
- Biology and Management of Rattail Fescue in Direct Seed Cropping Systems.
- Improving Genetic Resistance to Cephalosporium Stripe of Wheat through Field and Toxin Screening and Molecular Mapping of Novel Genetic Stocks.
- Optimizing Plant Genetics and Soil Fertility to Achieve High Grain Protein Content in Hard Red Spring Wheat.
- Developing optimal agronomic management systems for direct seeding Brassica oilseed and mustard crops in the Pacific Northwest.
- Evaluating Chemical Fallow Systems for Weed Control Efficacy, Soil Moisture Conservation, Crop Production, and Cost/Return Analysis.
- Impact of Alternative Crops on winter wheat and Spring Cereal Establishment, Growth, Yield, and Economics in Direct Seed Systems in the Intermediate Area of Washington.
- Expanding Access to PNW Direct Seed and Conservation Tillage Systems technologies.
- The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Epidemiology of Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea in Reduced Tillage Cropping Systems in the Pacific Northwest.
- Education Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems.
- Fertilization of Late-Seeded Wheat in Chemical Fallow.
- Impact of Crop Rotation and Alternative Crops on Weed Populations, Yield, and Economics in Direct Seed Systems in the Intermediate Rainfall Area of Washington.
- The Strategic Use of Broadcast and Controlled Release Fertilizer to Facilitate N Applications and Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Direct Seed Systems.
- Assessing the Impact of Direct Seeding (No-Till) and Conventional-Till on Crop, Variety, Soil, and Insect Responses in Years 4-6.
- Soil persistence of imazamox herbicide in tilled and direct-seeded dryland winter wheat cropping systems Identifying superior winter canola cultivars that are suitable for direct seeding in the PNW
- Assessing the Impact of Direct Seeding (No-Till) and Conventional-Till on Nitrogen Fertility, Soil, and Insect Responses.
- Site-specific N management for direct seed cropping systems.
- Examine the effects of cropping systems that include canola, yellow mustard, or oriental mustard on yield of subsequent winter wheat in the PNW.
- Developing Chemical Fallow Systems for Intermediate Rainfall Inland PNW Environments.
- ED-STEEP: Education Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems.
- The Role of Alternate Hosts in the Epidemiology of Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea in Reduced Tillage Cropping Systems in the Pacific Northwest.
- Developing Profitable and Sustainable Cropping Systems for North-Central Oregon and South-Central Washington: Phase II.
- Improving Genetic Resistance to Cephalosporium Stripe of Wheat through Field Screening and Molecular Mapping with Novel Genetic Stocks.
- Identifying Spring Habit Specialty Barley Varieties for Direct-Seeding and Development of Winter Habit Forms.
- STEEP Impact Assessment Project.
- Developing Profitable and Sustainable Cropping Systems for North-Central Oregon and South-Central Washington: Phase III.
- Assessing the Impact of Direct Seeding (No-Till) and Conventional-Till on Nitrogen Fertility, Soil, and Insect Responses.
- Long-Term Conservation and Alternative Cropping Systems Research in the Typical Wheat–Fallow Zone.
- Field-Scale Evaluation of Key Economic, Weed, Disease, Soil C and N Properties in Long-term Direct-Seeding at the Cook Agronomy Farm.
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