- Author: Mark Lundy
- Author: Konrad Mathesius
Recent UCCE research has illustrated the value of in-season applications of nitrogen (N) fertilizer, particularly applications made at the early vegetative growth stages. This is typically the stage of growth when N demand from the crop is increasing rapidly, the soil is beginning to warm up, and microbial metabolism and associated mineralization/transformations of the various forms of N are increasing. Over a wide range of California conditions and across multiple seasons, applications of N fertilizer at this stage of growth have been shown to
- Author: Mark Lundy
- Contributor: Nicholas Alexander George
- Contributor: Michael Rodriguez
- Contributor: Leah Puro
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Preliminary grain yield results for our fall-planted common wheat, triticale, durum wheat and barley trials are now available on the UC Small Grains Research and Information Center website:
http://smallgrains.ucanr.edu/Variety/Preliminary_2017_Yield_Results/
The results are preliminary and may change as samples are cleaned, processed for quality and corrected for minor variations in moisture content. Final results that include disease and agronomic observations and grain quality...
- Author: Mark Lundy
- Contributor: Cassandra Swett
- Contributor: Nicholas Alexander George
- Contributor: Michael Rodriguez
As noted during our May 11th Field Day presentation in Davis, during the 2016-17 season darkening/purpling glumes (as depicted in Image 1) were widely observed in common spring wheat both within the UC Regional testing program and by growers and crop consultants around the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys. In addition, these symptoms appeared to have a genetic link because particular wheat varieties consistently displayed symptoms in multiple locations, while others displayed none.
There are multiple potential causes for darkened glumes, some pathogenic and some physiological. Cassandra Swett, the UC Cooperative...
- Author: Mark Lundy
A survey of California growers, certified crop advisors (CCA), pest control advisors (PCA), and input suppliers was conducted online between January and May of 2017 via a link sent out on the University of California Small Grains Blog (http://ucanr.edu/blogs/smallgrains/). Notifications about the survey were sent to the UC Grains listserv and the California Wheat Commission electronic mailing list. The objective of the survey was to gain a better understanding of the current status of small grain production in California and seek input to...
- Author: Mark Lundy
We were glad to see a great turnout for this year's Small Grains and Alfalfa/Forages field day in May. Handouts from the morning and afternoon programs are now available online. The morning agenda is here, with handouts and videos for a subset of the talks here. The afternoon agenda is here, with related handouts here.
