Research
The following projects were implemented at the Safford Agricultural Center for the 1996 growing
season:
Alfalfa
- -variety trials (Ron Cluff co-project leader)
- -irrigation management
- -weed management (Bill McCloskey project leader)
- -nutrient management study implemented in the fall of 1995
Alternative crops
- -agave (Bob McDaniels project leader)
- -kenaf (Charles Cook, USDA Weslaco, TX cooperating)
- -Vernonia galamensis (Dave Dierig, USDA Phoenix, project leader)
Barley
- -irrigation scheduling
- -variety trials
Cotton
- -fertility trial (Jeff Silvertooth co-project leader)
- -irrigation scheduling trial, Pima & upland (Slack and Martin cooperating)
- -Pima variety evaluation (Hal Moser and Richard Percy project leaders)
- -row spacing study, Pima & upland
- -seed treatment study (J. Silvertooth project leader)
- -herbicide studies including transgenic varieties (Bill McCloskey co-project leader)
- -defoliation studies, Pima and upland
- -regional long and short staple varietal evaluations (John Nelson cooperating)
- -rotation management
- -plant pathology studies (Iraj Misaghi, project leader)
- -insecticide evaluation studies
- -late planting varietal evaluations
- -fertility study on OA 312
Fruit and Nut trees
- -varietal evaluation on seven deciduous fruits
- -Pecan variety trial (Mike Kilby co-project leader)
- -Pistachio management evaluation
Wheat
- -irrigation scheduling trial
- -variety studies were terminated because for the Karnal Bunt situation