Progress Reports FY02

Title: Author:
1) Evaluation of Perennial Ryegrass Straw as a Forage Source for Ruminants D. Bohnert
C. Ackerman
2) Insect Control in Kentucky Bluegrass and Fine Leaf Fescue Seed Fields in the Pacific Northwest

D. E. Bragg
W. Johnston
S. Rao
C. Golob

3) Maintaining Profitability of Grass Seed Production in the Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon through Improved Fertilization, weed and Disease Control Practices

P. Hamm
D. Ball
D. Horneck

4) Quantifying Emissions from Kentucky Bluegrass Field Burning W. J. Johnston
M. D. Schaaf
5) Investigations of Methos of Enhancing the Nutritive Value of Grass Seed Residue for Ruminant Livestock C. Hunt
K. Johnson
6) Investigations of methods of enhancing the nutritive value of grass seed residue for ruminant livestock C. Hunt
7)

Differential Response of Fine Fescue Cultivars to Nonthermal Residue Management

T. Chastain
W.C. Young, III
G. Gingrich
8)

Reducing Herbicide Use and Surface Water Pollution with Vegetative Waterways

J. Colquhoun
9) Continued Development of a Bioherbicide for Control of Grassy Weeds in Grass Seed Cropping Systems D. Mills
10) Disease Control in Bluegrass Cropping Systems without Open-Field Burning W. Johnston
J. Sitton
11) Quantifying emissions from Kentucky bluegrass field burning W. Johnston
M. Schaaf
12) Insect Control in Kentucky Bluegrass and Fine Leaf Fescue Seed Fields in the Pacific Northwest D. Bragg
W. Johnston
G. Fisher
13) Suppression of Kentucky Bluegrass Stands With Herbicides As Part of Non-Thermal Residue Management D. Thill
S. Bateman
G. Jacklin
K. Hart
D. Barton
14) Integrated Management System for Sustained Seed Yield of Kentucky Bluegrass Without Burning D. Thill
15) Comparative Genomics of Abiotic Stress In Ryegrass S. Warnke
16) Syntenic Genes Useful in Grass Seed Crops S. Warnke
R. Barker
R. Cook
17) Management Options for Volunteer Established Annual Ryegrass Seed Crops W. Young III
M. Mellbye
18) Defining Optimum Nitrogen Fertilization Practices for Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue Seed Production Systems in the Willamette Valley
W. Young III
M. Mellbye
G. Gingrich
J. Hart
19) Defining Optimum Nitrogen Fertilization Practices for Fine Fescue and
Annual Ryegrass Seed Production Systems in the Willamette Valley
W. Young III
M. Mellbye
G. Gingrich
J. Hart
GSCSSA, Research Center, PO Box 646240, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-6240, 509-335-4564, Contact Ralph Cavalieri