Research and Extension Programs
Current & Planned Research Projects
- Evaluate the return on investment when implementing variable rate fertilizer applications of pre-plant dry products
- Quantify the impact of variable rate fertilizer on crop growth
- Evaluate the productivity of early planting dates and maturity groups in Virginia
- Validate current seeding rate recommendations for full season soybean
- Examine the effect of planting date on tiller development, freeze susceptibility, and yield in Virginia
- Evaluate the return on investment when implementing variable rate seeding
- Determine the ROI of using a spray drone to apply fungicide
- Compare spray efficacy and yield of applying with spray drone, airplane, or ground rig
- Evaluate the effects of cereal cover crop termination on cover crop residue biomass, weed density, weed suppression efficacy, soybean growth, and yield
- Assess the efficacy of integrated herbicide programs across different cereal crop termination timings
- Optimize agronomic practices for improved economics of commercial faba bean production in the Mid-Atlantic
- Variety selection, planting date, seeding rate
Small Grain
- Development & release of new wheat cultivars focusing on the following traits:
- High yielding & high test weight
- Resistance to
- Scab (Fusarium head blight)
- Powdery Mildew
- Leaf Rust
- Hessian Fly
- Development & release of 2 row barley cultivars for niche malt barley markets
Small Grain Cultivar Releases since 2020
- 2020 ‘Avalon’ - 2-row malt barley
- 2020 ‘Greg’ - Hulless barley, scab resistant
- 2021 ‘VT Beahm’ - Awnless forage barley
- Replacement for ‘Nomini’
- 2022 So. Harvest 5123 - Scab LR Res SRW
- 2022 USG 3673 - Scab LR Res SRW
- 2022 EPIX 1375 - Early, high TW, SRW
- 2022 ‘Phoenix 29’ - High Yield HRW, Mennel
- 2023 ‘VT Pitman’ - Scab LR Res SRW
- 2023 ‘Phoenix 96’ - High Yield HRW, Mennel
- 2024 15VTK-1-101 - SRW, HF PM LR Res
- 2024 17VTK4-29 - SRW, Scab PM LR es
- 2024 VA20W-135 - SRW, Broad adaptation
Soybean
- Development & release of feed-grade soybean cultivars with emphasis on
- High yields
- GMO – herbicide tolerant
- Weather resilience
- Early maturity
- Development & release of value added food grade soybean cultivars
- Non-GMO
- Special trait for soyfood such as edamame, tofu, natto
Soybean cultivar releases since 2016
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