Intensive Soft Red Winter Wheat Production

This publication is available on a "for-sale" basis from Virginia Cooperative Extension. The publication consists of a 60-page manual and a training videotape. A brief summary and listing of the table of contents appears below.

Summary

New and successful techniques have been developed for intensive soft red winter wheat management by a multidisciplinary research and Extension team at Virginia Tech. Research was started in the early 1980's and continues today. The guidelines presented in this manual and the accompanying videotape are based on that research.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Wheat Yield

Wheat Growth Stages

Wheat Management Calendar by Growth Stages

Variety Selection

Precision Planting

Wheat Fertilization

Disease Control

Weed Control

Insect Control

Lodging Control and Growth Regulation

Harvest Management and Quality

Management Practices to Improve Wheat Quality

Developed by A Virginia Tech Multidisciplinary Research and Extension Team

Written by: Marcus M. Alley, Professor, Agronomy; Daniel E. Brann, Professor, Agronomy; Erik L. Stomberg, Professor, Plant Pathology; E. Scott Hagood, Professor, Weed Science; Ames Herbert, Professor, Entomology; Eluned C. Jones, Professor, Agricultural Economics; and William K. Griffith, Potash and Phosphate Institute (PPI)

Publication Number 424-803, Printed in 1993
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