Progress 09/15/01 to 09/14/04
Outputs
Eleven projects were funded with the FY01 GSCSSA funds. Progress and termination reports can be found at the following website: http://gscssa.wsu.edu/ in the progress reports section. Each Fiscal Year section lists progress and termination reports for that year, not necessarily for the year the proposal was awarded. A portion of the GSCSSA funds are also used to (a) reproduce and distribute the Request for Proposals, which is distributed to scientists at the University of Idaho, Oregon State University, and Washington State University; (b) cover allowable annual meeting expenses; (c) print and distribute the progress reports; (d) update the GSCSSA website; and (e) cover the expenses of the Scientific Review Panel. Six years ago the members of the advisory committees determined that the proposals should be peer-reviewed by researchers outside of the tri-state region. This committee is called the Scientific Review Panel (SRP). This year three of the SRP were available to
attend the annual meeting and proposal prioritization session while two others critically read and submitted review forms for each of the 13 proposals submitted for FY 05 GSCSSA funding. Based on industry comments from last year, a tour of the University of Idaho field plots was added the afternoon before the annual meeting. Approximately 90 scientists and industry representatives attended the annual meeting, which was held in Moscow, Idaho on November 17-18, 2004. The next meeting will be held in Oregon in November 2005.
Impacts
The states of Oregon and Washington allow some burning under special and approved conditions. The state of Idaho is considering more stringent burning regulations. This project seeks to maintain an economically viable turf and forage grass seed industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. Growers, commodity groups, and agricultural support industries are encouraged to participate to identify and prioritize the most effective solutions to environmental and economic problems facing seed producers in the Pacific Northwest.
Publications
- Fisher, M.J., D.W. Bohnert, C.J. Ackerman, C.S. Schauer, T. DelCurto, A.M. Craig, E.S. Vanzant, D.L. Harmon, F.M. Schrick. 2004. Evaluation of perennial ryegrass straw as a forage source for ruminants. J. Anim. Sci. 82:2175-2184.
- Fisher, M.J., D.W. Bohnert, C.J. Ackerman, C.S. Schauer, T. DelCurto, A.M. Craig, D.L. Harmon, N.F. Schrick. 2003. Evaluation of perennial ryegrass straw as a forage source for ruminants. Proc. West. Sect. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 54:30-35.
- Parson, C., D. Bohnert. 2003. Health Concerns with Feeding Grass Seed Straw Residues. In: J.R. Adams (ed), Cow-Calf Management Guide and Producer's Library (2nd ed). University of Idaho, Moscow.
- Reed, J., D. Thill. Suppression of Kentucky bluegrass stands with herbicides as part of non-thermal residue management. 2003. GSCSSA progress reports, pp. 56-59.
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
Eleven projects were funded with the FY01 GSCSSA funds. Progress and termination reports can be found at the following website: http://gscssa.wsu.edu/ in the progress reports section. Each Fiscal Year section lists progress and termination reports for that year, not necessarily for the year the proposal was awarded. A portion of the GSCSSA funds are also used to (a) reproduce and distribute the Request for Proposals, which is distributed to researchers at the University of Idaho, Oregon State University, and Washington State University; (b) cover allowable annual meeting expenses; (c) print and distribute the progress reports; (d) update the GSCSSA website; and (e) cover the expenses of the Scientific Review Panel. Five years ago the members of the advisory committees determined that the proposals should be peer-reviewed by researchers outside of the tri-state region. A list of names was proposed, and these potential reviewers have been invited to review the proposals
and to attend both the annual meeting and the proposal-prioritization process afterward. This year, five of the invitees were available to attend the annual meeting and were a source of invaluable information during the proposal-prioritization meeting. Although the sixth person was not able to come to Spokane, he did peer review the 17 proposals that were submitted. The annual meeting was held in Spokane, WA on November 12-13, 2003. The next meeting will be held in Idaho in early November 2004.
Impacts
The state of Oregon has legislatively banned field burning. The state of Washington allows some burning under special and approved conditions. The state of Idaho will require more stringent burning regulations in the near future. This project seeks to maintain an economically viable forage and grass seed industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. Growers, commodity groups, and agricultural support industries are encouraged to participate to identify and prioritize the most effective solutions to environmental and economic problems facing seed producers in the Pacific Northwest.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02
Outputs
Eleven projects were funded with the FY01 GSCSSA funds. Hunt and Johnson completed their 2-year project and submitted their termination report last year. The remaining ten project investigators submitted progress reports, which can be found at the following website: http://gscssa.wsu.edu/. A portion of the GSCSSA funds are used to (a) reproduce and distribute the Request for Proposals, which is distributed to researchers at the University of Idaho, Oregon State University, and Washington State University; (b) cover allowable annual meeting expenses; (c) print and distribute the progress reports; (d) set up a new website; and (e) cover the expenses of the Scientific Review Panel. Four years ago the members of the advisory committees determined that the proposals should be reviewed by researchers outside of the tri-state region. A list of names was proposed, and these potential reviewers have been invited to review the proposals and to attend both the annual meeting and
the proposal-prioritization process afterward. This year, four of the invitees were available to attend the annual meeting and were a source of invaluable information during the proposal-prioritization meeting. Although the fifth person was not able to come to Portland, he did peer review the 23 proposals that were submitted. The annual meeting was held in Portland, OR on December 10-12, 2003. The meetings were scheduled to start at the end of the annual meeting of the Oregon Grass Seed League to determine if more people would attend if both meetings were held in the same hotel back to back. It appears a few more people may have attended the GSCSSA meetings because of this planning, but there were not enough to change the yearly schedule of holding the next meeting in Washington and then in Idaho the following year. The next meeting will be held in Spokane, WA on November 12-14, 2003.
Impacts
The state of Oregon has legislatively banned field burning. The state of Washington allows some burning under special and approved conditions. The state of Idaho will require more stringent burning regulations in the near future. This project seeks to maintain an economically viable forage and grass seed industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. Growers, commodity groups, and agricultural support industries are encouraged to participate to identify and prioritize the most effective solutions to environmental and economic problems facing seed producers in the Pacific Northwest.
Publications
- Bragg, D.E., J. Sitton, C. Golob, and W. Johnston. 2002. Efficacy of insecticides for control of silver top disease vectored by grass mealy bug in seed fields, 2001. Arthropod Management Tests. Vol. 27.
- Bragg, D.E. 2002. Comparisons of seeding dates and KBG varieties in Silver Top control. Research Reports 61st Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference. Portland, OR. January 8.
- Bragg, D.E. 2002. Silver Top Disease and Insect Management in KBG. Grass Seed Breeders' Workshop (international conference held by R.C. Johnson, USDA-ARS at Pullman, WA/Moscow, ID on May 15).
- Bragg, D.E. 2002. Management of grass mealy bug in KBG. Annual Entomology Society of America National Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. November 18.
- Bragg, D.E., W. Johnston, and C. Golob. 2002. Report on project to GSCSSA meeting. Portland, OR. December 11.
- Pan, W.L., W.T. McKean, R.S. Jacobs, C. Xiao, M. Lewis. 2002. Multidisciplinary research to evaluate straw fiber characteristics and alternative pulping for paper and fertilizer production as an alternative to burning. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, November 12.
- Thill, D. 2002. Poster presentation at the annual GSCSSA meeting, Moscow, ID. November 11, and the Western Society of Weed Science annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2002.
- Thill, D.C. and J. Reed. 2001. Integrated management system for sustained seed yield of Kentucky bluegrass without burning. 2001 GSCSSA Annual Report. Pg. 35-38.
- Thill, D.C. and J. Reed. 2001. Integrated management system for sustained seed yield of Kentucky bluegrass without burning. 2000. STEEP Annual Report. Pg. 78-83; and 2001 Washington DOE annual report.
- S.E. Warnke, R.E. Barker, L.A. Brilman, R.L. Cook. 2001. Specific genetic markers for separating annual from perennial ryegrass. Presented at the Crop Science Society of America annual meetings, Charlotte, NC. October 22.
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Progress 01/01/01 to 12/31/01
Outputs
The FY00 GSCSSA Special Grant funded the following projects: D. Bohnert, C. Ackerman (Oregon State University), "Evaluation of Perennial Ryegrass Straw as a forage source for ruminants"; D.E. Bragg, W.J. Johnston, G.C. Fisher (Washington State University), "Insect Control in Kentucky Bluegrass and Fine Leaf Fescue Seed Fields in the Pacific Northwest": R.P. Dick (Oregon State University), "High Straw-Conservation Grass Seed Production to Mitigate Agricultural Impacts in the Pacific Northwest"; C.W. Hunt, K.A. Johnson (University of Idaho/Washington State University), "Investigations of Methods of Enhancing the Nutritive Value of Grass Seed Residue for Ruminant Livestock"; W.J. Johnston (Washington State University), "Disease Control in Bluegrass Cropping Systems without Open-Field Burning"; D. Mills (Oregon State University), "Cloning P. fluorescens Genes that Block Weed and Seed Germination"; W.L. Pan, W.T. McKean, W.J. Johnston, L. Edwards (Washington State
University), "Kentucky Bluegrass Straw Utilization: Genetic and Management Factors Influencing Pulping Requirements and Papermaking Properties"; P.J. Sexton, T.G. Chastain (Oregon State University), "Decreasing Shattering of Grass Seed Crops: Determining the Potential of Ethylene Inhibitors to Decrease Rate of Abscission Layer Development"; D. Thill (University of Idaho), "Suppression of Kentucky Bluegrass Stands with Herbicides as Part of Non-Thermal Residue Management"; S.E. Warnke, R.E. Barker (Oregon State University), "Comparative Genomics for Abiotic Stress"; W.C. Young, ME. Mellbye, G.A. Gingrich, J.M. Hart (Oregon State University), "Nitrogen Fertilizer for Fine Fescue and Annual Ryegrass." A portion of these funds were used to reproduce and distribute the Request for Proposals, cover allowed annual meeting costs, and print and distribute progress reports. Progress reports from these project proposals were presented to attendees at annual meeting in Moscow, Idaho, in November
2001. A website has been developed based on a request of the industry advisory committee at the November 2000 meeting on which the progress reports are being submitted. We are in the process of entering the progress reports dating from the beginning of this project. Those for which we cannot find an electronic copy will be scanned and uploaded. The website address is http://gscssa.wsu.edu/
Impacts
The state of Oregon has legislatively banned field burning. The state of Washington allows some burning under special and approved conditions. The state of Idaho will probably require more stringent burning regulations in the near future. This project seeks to maintain an economically viable forage and grass seed industry throughout the Pacific Northwest. Growers, commodity groups, and agricultural support industries are encouraged to participate to identify and prioritize the most effective solutions to environmental and economic problems facing seed producers in the Pacific Northwest.
Publications
- Curley, J., G. Jung, S. Warnke, R. Barker, and S. Leong. 2001. QTL mapping for resistance to gray leaf spot in perennial ryegrass. Phytopathology 91:S20.
- Grove, A.V., C.W. Hunt, G.T. Pritchard, and J.I. Szasz. 2001. Effect of ammoniation and exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on in vitro degradability of bluegrass straw. Proc. Western Sect. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 52:296-299.
- Sitton, J.W., D. Bragg, W.J. Johnston, and C.T. Golob. 2001. Continuing studies of Silver Top in grass seed crops. Research Reports: 60th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conf., Portland, OR. January 8-9, 2001.
- Swensen, J.B., J.M. Reed, and D.C. Thill. 2001. Glyphosate suppression and intercropping Kentucky bluegrass to maintain subsequent bluegrass seed yield. Proc. West. Soc. Weed Sci. 54:7.
- Szasz, J.I., C.W. Hunt, L.R. Kennington, G.T. Pritchard, A.V. Grove, K.A. Johnson, and S.M. Parish. 2001. Effect of ammoniation on digestibility of bluegrass seed straw in beef cattle. Proc. Western Sect. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 52:25-28.
- Warnke, S.E., and R.E. Barker. 2001. Mapping and identifying genes that distinguish ryegrass phenotypes. Plant and Animal Genome IX, p. 26.
- Young, W.C., M.E. Mellbye, G.A. Gingrich, T.B. Silberstein, S.M. Griffith, T.G. Chastain, and J.M. Hart. 2001. "Defining Optimum Nitrogen Fertilization Practices for Grass Seed Production Systems in the Willamette Valley." In Seed Production Research at Oregon State University USDA-ARS Cooperating, Dept. of Crop and Soil Science Ext/CrS 115 4/00: 1-8.
- Barker, R.E., J.A. Kilgore, R.L. Cook, A.E. Garay, and S.E. Warnke. 2001. Use of flow cytometry to determine ploidy level of ryegrass. Seed Sci. and Tech. 29:493-502.
- Barker, R.E., and S.E. Warnke. 2001. Application of molecular markers to genetic diversity and identity in forage crops. pp. 135-148. In G. Spangenberg (ed.), Mol. Breed. Forage Crops Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (invited book chapter)
- Bragg, D.E. 2001. Efficacy trials in grass seed for control of silver top disease. Research Reports: 60th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conf., pp. 119-120.
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