2010
Quantification and mitigation of pesticide application errors on Kentucky soybean farms
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Scott Shearer, University of Kentucky
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Brief Project Summary:

Pesticide application errors from agricultural sprayers can represent upwards of 15% of the field area on Kentucky soybean farms. The goal of this project is to demonstrate cost-effective solutions for reducing these application errors.

Unique Keywords:
#crop management systems, #pesticide application studies
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Complete in vitro studies using mammalian cell lines to verify that Lunasin is a cancer chemoprevention agent and to identify specific cancel cell types that are sensitive to Lunasin treatment.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.