Integrating nemade-resistant crops into sugar beet rotations

2001 Annual Report for SW97-018

Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 1997: $113,184.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2002
Matching Federal Funds: $113.18
Region: Western
State: Wyoming
Principal Investigator:
David Koch
University of Wyoming

Integrating nemade-resistant crops into sugar beet rotations

Objectives/Performance Targets

1. Determine effectiveness of SBN-resistant trap crops in reducing SBN populations and nematicide use in several alternative sugar beet rotations and with several establishment methods.
2. Determine yield effect, cost and returns of alternative rotations in which trap crops are used in lieu of nematicides.
3. Develop an educational program to demonstrate benefits of trap crops and to encourage adoption of their use by sugar beet producers.

Collaborators:

Larry Held

Production Economist
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
James Krall

Agronomist
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
Fred Gray

Plant Pathologist
University of Wyoming
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Laramie, WY