These are 2017 funded research projects benefitting corn producers.
Continuation of Program: Information and Applied Technology
Erick Larson, Jason Krutz, Angus Catchot, Tom Allen
Corn Verification Program
Randy Loper
Web site maintenance and support for the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board
Jason Krutz, Larry Falconer, Lyle Pringle, Darrin Dodds, Trent Irby, Erick Larson
Row-Crop Irrigation Science Extension and Research (RISER) Program
Jeff Johnson
Delta Agricultural Weather Project
Erick Larson, Brien Henry
Non-Uniform Corn Stand Assessment
Brad Burgess, Erick Larson
Standardization of Mississippi Corn Hybrid Trials
Programming to communicate research results to producers
Brien Henry, Louis Wasson
UAV Videos to Extend Research to Producers
Angus Catchot, Don Cook
Evaluation of Insecticidal Seed Treatments in Field Corn
Water Quality/Irrigation
Jason Krutz, Martin Locke, Erick Larson, Brien Henry, Bobby Golden, Lyle Pringle, Larry Falconer
Irrigation and Soil management Strategies that Improve Irrigation Application Efficiency, Soil Quality, Water Quality, and Corn Yield
Joby Czarnecki, Brien Henry, Louis Wasson, Christopher Fuhrmann
Facilitating irrigation scheduling with unmanned aerial vehicles
Raja Reddy
Evaluating corn hybrids for drought stress tolerance during early-season
Brien Henry, Jason Krutz, Normie Buehring, Erick Larson
Drought tolerant hybrids and short season hybrids to mitigate risk, optimize yield and profit, while reducing supplemental irrigation
Precision Agriculture Technology
Michael Cox, William Kingery, Shankar Shanmugam
Spatio-Temporal Variability of Soil Health Parameters in Mississippi Corn Production Settings
Ganesh Bora
Evaluation of in-field-crop sensors for variable rate nitrogen application and yield prediction in corn
Nutrient Management
Bobby Golden
Correlation of Soil Test Potassium and Phosphorus Indices with Plant Tissue Concentrations and Corn Yield
Brien Henry, Wayne Ebelhar, John Orlowski, Normie Buehring
Optimizing Corn Yield through enhanced fertilizer inputs and increased plant populations (Corn Row Spacing)
Jiaxu Li, Brien Henry
The effect of silicon on the growth and yield of corn grown on dryland
Brien Henry, Jac Varco, Erick Larson, Normie Buehring, Bobby Golden
Fertility, Hybrid Selection, and Input Strategies to Optimize Yield and Early Harvest (Ultra-Early Corn Varieties)
Harvest Management (reducing harvest losses)
No reports.
Planting Systems
No reports.
Cover Crops and Soil Health
Brian Baldwin, Brien Henry, Jesse Morrison
Use of Winter Legumes as Late Summer through Spring Cover Crops
Residue Management
Normie Buehring, Wayne Ebelhar, Billy Kingery, Larry Falconer
Corn and Soybean Crop Residue Management Impact on Soil Quality, Yield and Returns
Tillage Systems
No reports.
Crop Protection
Jeffrey Gore, Angus Catchot, Don Cook, Fred Musser
Trapping Program to Monitor Southwestern Corn Borer Populations in Mississippi
M.T. Bararpour, Jason Bond
Evaluation of current weed control programs for long term management of Palmer amaranth, morningglory, and grass weeds in corn
Don Cook, Larry Falconer, Angus Catchot, Jeff Gore, Fred Musser
Optimum Strategies for Managing Caterpillar Pests in Mississippi Corn
Don Cook, Angus Catchot, Jeff Gore, Fred Musser
Impact of Whorl Feeding Caterpillars on Yield of Field Corn
Corn Storage, facilities and equipment
No reports.
Corn Marketing Strategies
No reports.
Other
Tom Allen, Tessie Wilkerson
In-furrow Fungicide Applications for Disease Prevention and Yield Enhancement