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High Plains Advanced Cropping School: Sunflowers
8/16/2012 - 8/17/2012
UNL Planhandle Research & Extension Center
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
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Retired NSA Executive Director, Larry Kleingartner will be the keynote speaker at the High Plains Advanced Cropping School: Sunflowers on Aug. 16-17 in Scottsbluff, Neb. The event is an in-depth, field-orientated, hands-on workshop to teach the management of sunflower production including specific to High Plains and Rocky Mountain regions. A special emphasis will be placed on stress related problems that can cause yield reduction. Featured topics include: Sunflower Hybrids and Growth Stages in the High Plains; Herbicide Injury to Sunflowers; Sunflower Insects in the High Plains; Identifying Sunflower Diseases and Distinguishing Among Them; Irrigation and Nutrient Management in Sunflowers; and Sunflower Planting and Harvest Yield Loss Assessment.
For more information:
Robert M. Harveson
Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist
University of Nebraska
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave I Scottsbluff, NE 69361
email: rharveson2@unl.edu |
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