Aberdeen Plant Materials Center 2006 Annual Technical Report
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Aberdeen Plant Materials Center United States Department of Agriculture 2006 Annual Technical Report Natural Resources Conservation Service Aberdeen, Idaho March 2007 Contents Introduction On-Center Activities Foundation Seed Production 2006 Field Annual Plan of Operations 1998 Hybrid Poplar Initial Evaluation Planting – 2006 Progress Report Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project – 2005 Annual Report Caribou/Targhee Bridger/Teton National Forest Native Grass Initial Evaluation – 2006 Progress Report USDA Forest Service Region 1 Native Grass and Forb Initial Evaluation – 2006 Progress Report Craters of the Moon National Monument 2005 Annual Report Craters of the Moon National Monument 2005 Annual Report (Summary) Basin Wildrye Advanced Evaluation 2006 Progress Report Comparison of Methods for Seeding Nebraska sedge and Baltic Rush (Progress Report) Juncus Direct Seeding Method Evaluation Pre-soaking Dormant Willow and Cottonwood Cuttings Stratification Requirements for Sulphurflower and Whorled Buckwheat Muttongrass Advanced Evaluation 2006 Progress Report Anatone Bluebunch Wheatgrass Growth Curve Study Off-Center Activities Truax Rough Rider Rangeland Drill - Modifications Orchard Display Nursery –2006 Evaluations Field Planting, Demonstration and District Seed Increase Evaluation Summaries Idaho Summaries Utah Summaries Public Information Activities Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Brochure Year 2005 Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Progress Report of Activities Intermountain Plant Notes Comparison of Methods for Seeding Nebraska Sedge and Baltic Rush (Native Plants Journal) Technical Note 10: Pasture and Range Seedings: Planning – Installation - Evaluation Technical Note 24: Grass, Grass-like, Forb, Legume, and Woody Species for the Intermountain West Technical Note 25: Function and Operation of a Machine to Lay Weed Barrier Fabric Technical Note 33: Plant and Seed Vendors for Idaho, Montana, Nevada, eastern Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, Wyoming Technical Note 49: Weed Control in Woody Plantings: Herbicides and Application Techniques Plant Guide – Big Sagebrush Plant Guide - Bottlebrush Squirreltail and Big Squirreltail Plant Guide – Blue Flax and Lewis Flax Plant Guide – Forage Kochia Plant Fact Sheet – Common Three Square Plant Fact Sheet – Alkali Bulrush Plant Fact Sheet – Baltic Rush Plant Fact Sheet – Creeping Spikerush Plant Fact Sheet – Nebraska Sedge South Bingham Soil Conservation District Purchases Farm for Plant Materials Research NRCS Testing Range Grasses for Low Precipitation Areas WCC-21 report Request for Seed Collections – Sulphurflower Buckwheat Aberdeen Plant Materials Center – Economic Impact Wildfire Recovery Tips for Idaho Living on a Few Acres Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Open House Contents (continued) Interagency Riparian Wetland Project View from a Wetland Newsletter, Number 12 (2006) Trip Report for Technical Assistance to St. George, UT on 8/23-25/2006 ON-CENTER ACTIVITIES Foundation Seed Production at Aberdeen Plant Materials Center A major responsibility of the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center is the production of Foundation quality seed of the plant releases from the Center. Foundation seed is made available to the University of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Idaho Crop Improvement Association, Utah Crop Improvement Association, other plant materials centers and cooperating agencies. Seed is distributed as provided for by allocation and exchange or other written agreements. Foundation seed of recent releases may also be provided to soil conservation districts for registered or certified seed production under District Seed Increase (DSI) programs. The following table illustrates seed shipments from the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center for Fiscal Year 1998 through 2006: TOTAL Release Name 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 POUNDS POUNDS PLS Anatone Bluebunch wheatgrass - - - - - - 20 250 350 620 Appar Prairie Flax 950 115 320 300 470 65 0 848 955 4023 Bannock Thickspike wheatgrass 425 610 275 250 550 25 0 1110 900 4145 Delar small burnet 550 0 451 150 75 0 1250 945 490 3911 Ephraim crested wheatgrass 100 50 260 455 696 0 200 0 1300 3061 Goldar Bluebunch wheatgrass 200 370 175 100 375 250 200 200 170 2040 Magnar basin wildrye 180 901 517 1035 490 150 245 0 0 3518 Maple Grove Lewis Flax - - - - - - 240 280 70 590 Nezpar Indian ricegrass 350 100 900 150 75 340 0 300 500 2715 P-27 Siberian wheatgrass 200 25 150 200 500 0 0 0 0 1075 Penstemon "Clearwater Selection" 1 0 1 10 1 10 4 8 0 35 Penstemon "Richfield Selection" 6 5 5 1 7 6 3 11 25 69 Paiute orchardgrass 0 250 101 450 200 0 0 0 75 1076 Regar meadowbrome 305 800 670 1061 207 50 50 0 650 3793 Rush intermediate wheatgrass 1820 1000 215 525 0 0 0 800 300 4660 S.R.P. fourwing saltbush - - - - 25 5 2 16 0 48 Sodar streambank wheatgrass 250 100 860 500 500 200 0 625 775 3810 Tegmar dwarf intermed. wheatgrass 200 0 100 0 0 0 200 0 0 500 Northern Cold Desert Wi nter f at- - - - - 8 3 8 20 5 44 TOTAL POUNDS 5537 4326 5000 5187 4179 1104 2422 5413 6565 39733 June 9, 2006 Aberdeen Plant Materials Center 2006 FIELD ANNUAL PLAN OF OPERATION HOME FARM Field Acres Crop Operation 1 1.7 Potatoes U of I will plant potatoes. 2E 1.3 Potatoes U of I will plant potatoes. 2W 1.0 Mountain Brome Establish and manage for seed production. (Grand Teton NP - 2006) 3 1.8 Anatone Bluebunch (2005) Manage for Certified seed production. 4 1.4 Constructed Wetland Ponds Manage per constructed Wetland project (1992) plan. 5 2.4 Magnar (2000) Manage for residue production. 6 2.4 Anatone Bluebunch (2004) Manage for Certified seed production. 7 3.2 Delar (2006) Establish and manage for Foundation seed production. 8 3.2 Fallow Fallow as needed for weed control. 9 3.2 Maple Grove (2005) Manage for Certified seed production. 10 3.2 Maple Grove (2006) Establish and manage for Certified seed production. 11 1.1 Anatone Bluebunch (2002) Manage for Certified seed production. 11 0.2 9076402 Mutton grass (2002) Manage for increase and potential release. 12 1.4 USFS Forbs (2004) Evaluate for potential release. Great Basin Forbs (2005) Evaluate for potential release. 13N 0.1 Penstemon (2003) Manage for Certified seed production. 13S 0.25 Sandberg Bluegrass Establish and manage for seed production. (Grand Teton NP - 2006) 14 1.2 Woody Display Nursery Maintain display of woody conservation (1995) plants. Manage Durar/Covar cover crop. 15 1.4 Field windbreak (2000) Maintain Simon poplar field windbreak. 16 1.0 Fallow Fallow as needed for weed control. 17 0.5 Hybrid Poplars (1998) Manage and evaluate according to project plan. 18-19 0.9 Fourwing and winterfat Manage for Certified seed production. (1999) 20 1.5 Grass Display Nursery (2002) Manage for display. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center 2006 FIELD ANNUAL PLAN OF OPERATION FISH AND GAME FARM Field Acres Crop Operation 21W 2.3 Alfalfa (2001) Manage for hay production and wildlife benefits. 21E 1.4 Pipe yard (2004) Maintain permanent yard for pipe storage. 21N 1.3 Bozoisky Cover crop Maintain as needed for permanent cover. 22W 1.5 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain corn for wildlife use. 22E 2.6 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain corn for wildlife use. 22E 1.3 Willow IEP (1984) Maintain as needed. 23W 2.4 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain corn for wildlife use. 23M -- Windbreak Maintain and irrigate as needed. 23E 2.2 Bannock (2005) Manage for Foundation seed production. 24 1.1 Windbreaks Maintain and irrigate as needed. 24W 2.2 Paiute (2001) Manage for Foundation seed production. 24E 1.5 Durar Cover Crop Maintain as needed for permanent cover. 25 5.1 Alfalfa (2003) Manage for hay production and wildlife benefits. 26W 1.0 Bozoisky Cover crop (2005) Maintain as needed for permanent cover. 26E 2.7 Willow Cutting Nursery (1994) Maintain as needed. 27W 2.2 Bozoisky Cover crop (2005) Maintain as needed for permanent cover. 27M 1.2 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain wheat for wildlife use. 27E 1.0 Slender Wheatgrass Establish and manage for seed production. (Grand Teton NP - 2006) 28 5.3 Alfalfa (2004) Establish and manage for hay production and wildlife benefits. 29W 1.3 Willows (1994) Irrigate and control weeds according to Wetland Project plan. 29E 3.7 Wildlife Food Plot (2005) Maintain winter wheat for wildlife use. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center 2006 FIELD ANNUAL PLAN OF OPERATION (continued) FISH AND GAME FARM Field Acres Crop Operation 30W 0.7 Windbreak/Guard Row Maintain and irrigate as needed. 30W 2.5 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain wheat for wildlife use. USFS Grasses (2005) Evaluate for potential release. Mutton grass (2006) Establish advanced evaluation planting. 30E 2.3 USFS Grasses (2004) Evaluate for potential release. 31 1.5 Wildlife Food Plot Establish and maintain wheat for wildlife use. 3.75 DOD Western w.g. (2005) Establish and maintain for seed increase. 32 6.2 Windbreak IEP (1982) Maintain as needed. Any hay grown will not be cut prior to June 15 and not after September 1. Hay will be irrigated after last cut to first fall frost to achieve regrowth prior to winter dormancy. Irrigated, permanent grass cover seedings will not be mowed prior to July 1 and not after August 1 and will be irrigated a minimum of 3 times. Non-irrigated grass cover seedings will not be mowed. Early mowing or mowing of non-irrigated grass cover requires notification to and inspection by Fish and Game. BREWINGTON FARM (U of I) Field Acres Crop Operation 410W 2.0 DOD Siberian w.g. (2005) Maintain for seed increase. 410E 2.0 DOD Slender w.g. (2005) Maintain for seed increase. PEARL FARM Field Acres Crop Operation S1 5.0 Alfalfa (2006) Establish and maintain for hay production and to improve soil quality. S2 5.0 Alfalfa (2006) Establish and maintain for hay production and to improve soil quality.