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Research Project:
SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH
Location: Columbus, Ohio
2007 Annual Report
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
Develop and evaluate BMPs that protect surface water quality and enhance crop yields. Conduct integrated drainage management research and cropping systems research, including watershed modeling and economic assessments, to determine the feasibility for adoption of these BMPs throughout the watershed.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
The development of BMPs, including water management strategies, for corn and soybean production systems will be carried out at field plot and small watershed facilities complemented with demonstrations on farmers' fields. The effect of the BMPs on the movement and fate of agricultural chemicals will be studied at these same facilities concurrently with crop yield effects. The ADAPT and DRAINMOD models will be further developed using the data from these field studies. The development of flooding tolerant crop varieties will be achieved by identifying the genetic variation in flooding tolerance of soybean cultivars, mapping the quantitative trait loci and isolating the related genes, development a database of mitrochondrial DNA polymorphism and correlating this polymorphism with the flooding tolerance trait, and investigating possible management techniques to improve flooding tolerance under field conditions. DNA markers linked to low phytic acid in corn will be used to incorporate this trait into elite corn hybrids by molecular plant breeding.
3.Progress Report
This report serves to document research conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding between ARS and The Ohio State University. Additional details concerning the research can be found in the report for the parent CRIS 3604-13000-008-00D, Management and Treatment of Drainage Waters for Water Quality Protection and Sustainability of Agricultural Production in the Midwest U.S. This agreement provides the framework for sharing of facilities and resources to house the ARS Soil Drainage Research Unit at The Ohio State University and to conduct research at OSU owned facilities around Ohio. A broad range of cooperation is thereby facilitated between OSU scientists and ARS scientists that is mutually beneficial to each party and to their research objectives and missions.
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Last Modified: 11/08/2008
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