List of Event Group
Vineyard Cold Temperature Avoidance
The viticulture industry is starting to boom in Nebraska and many new northern climate management techniques are being tested to result maximum harvest and profitability. Get research based information on choosing cold hardiness cultivars, frost avoidance techniques, and the use of chemicals and pesticides.
Sustainable Agriculture in Nebraska
How does on become organically certified? What groups in Nebraska promote sustainable agriculture? Where can you get information about sustainable agriculture? And what federal programs are available to help teach sustainable agriculture concepts? These video clips will provide an overview to sustainable agriculture efforts underway in the state. You will get a chance to review the current SARE program and hear from a wide variety of organizations which provide assistance to local producers.
Raising Crops With Limited Water
Knowing seasonal crop water requirements is crucial for planning your crop mixture. Net crop requirements are estimated using models, based on weather variables. To water for the greatest return, producers need to understand how crops respond to water, how crop rotation enhances water availability, and how changes in agronomic practices effects water needs.
Aflatoxins and Fumonisins in Corn
Goal: To provide accurate information about mycotoxins and the potential impact on farmers and the Nebraska grain handling industry.
Topics covered:
--What are aflatoxins and fumonisins and why do we care?
--FDA regulations and tolerances for aflatoxin and fumonisin in corn.
--Testing for aflatoxin and fumonisin in corn.
--Management of aflatoxin and fumonisin in corn, including field and storage management, blending,
and feed additives
George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century
George Wells Beadle was an American scientist in the field of genetics. He shared half of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Lawrie Tatum for their discovery that genes act by regulating biochemical events within the cell. The other half of that year’s award went to Joshua Lederberg.
Beadle and Tatum’s key experiments involved exposing the bread mold Neurospora crassa to x-rays, causing mutations. In a series of experiments, they showed that these mutations caused changes in specific enzymes involved in metabolic pathways. These experiments led them to propose a direct link between genes and enzymatic reactions, known as the "one gene, one enzyme" hypothesis.
NU Research Symposium - 2003
This symposium will provide Nebraska agribusiness professionals and producers the latest information in research and crop management. Topics this year include: an update on the Nebraska Soil Fertility Project; the soybean breeding program at UNL; irrigation water allocation; starter fertilizer for no-till corn and grain sorghum; hybrid maize – a new simulation model for understanding corn yield and making management decisions; irrigated pastures; what it takes to produce identity preserved grain; replacing forage lost by drought; refuge acres for insect resistance management; and Roundup Ready corn.
