2011
Strip testing at regional sites (STARS)
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Lead Principal Investigator:
Mike Staton, Michigan State University
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Brief Project Summary:

Within the last ten years, growers have increasingly expressed interest in a coordinated effort to test new management opportunities on a replicated, field scale, strip trial basis. Initiated in 2008 was a program called Strip Testing at Regional Sites (STARS) designed to test in this manner. We are aware that many growers were doing some testing on their farm; however, it was not well coordinated for similar testing protocol nor subjected to statistical scrutiny.

In 2009 the results of the STARS program included:
~ Even though cooperator interest was expressed early-on, foliar fungicide application at the R3 stage under irrigated conditions did not either yield data and/or usable...

Unique Keywords:
#crop management systems
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