Oakes Irrigation Research Site

Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University

P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail: Kelly.c.Cooper@ndsu.edu

2016 Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

OAKES IRRIGATION RESEARCH SITE UPDATES

WEATHER AND IRRIGATION 2016

PERFORMANCE TRIALS

Dry edible bean variety trials

Field corn hybrid performance trial - Dryland

Field corn hybrid performance trial - Irrigated

Onion hybrid performance trial

Soybean variety trial – Conventional

Soybean variety trial – Liberty Link

Soybean variety trial – Roundup Ready@

CROP PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Mosaic soybean study

Soybean - Evaluation of plant populations and row spacing for management of Sclerotina in soybeans

Soybean - Optimizing fungicide application timing for Sclerotina

Strip-till, corn on corn, nitrogen rate study

Strip-till, corn on soybean, nitrogen rate study

Strip-till, soybean on corn study

Field evaluation of oilseed sunflowers for resistance to Sclerotinia head rot

Optimizing fungicide application methods for management of Sclerotinia head rot of sunflowers

Optimizing fungicide application methods for management of Sclerotinia in dry edible beans

Optimum corn stover removal for biofuel and the environment

(Continuous Corn & Corn on soybean rotation)

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