K-State crop entomologist Jeff Whitworth urges producers to
aggressively control volunteer wheat ahead of wheat planting time
this fall, to prevent an array of insects from spreading disease in,
and feeding on, those emerging wheat stands

A USDA research geneticist based at K-State, Jesse Poland, tells of a
major new advance in wheat genetics research: using a technology
called genotyping by-sequencing to greatly speed up the search for
favorable genetic traits to be bred into future wheat varieties

And K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee talks about an adverse
health condition now showing up more frequently in deer amidst the
drought, called hemorrhagic disease, and how much of a threat it
poses to deer populations in Kansas 

Agriculture Today is broadcast each weekday morning at 10:00 on KFRM
Radio, Clay Center (550 AM) and KLOE Radio, Goodland (730 AM), which
collectively reach 75 counties in Kansas, parts of southern Nebraska,
eastern Colorado and northern Oklahoma...the broadcast can also be
heard over the K-State Radio Network website. Also see the Agriculture
Today archives.


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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

Story by: Eric Atkinson
agguy@ksu.edu
K-State Research & Extension News