A26—-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1,1981
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANDISVILLE In the field of
fanning, there are no fears of
being overqualified or of obtaining
too much education rather, the
learning never stops as evidenced
by the almost 300 people who
turned out for the Southeastern
Research Field Day, Wednesday.
The day was designed to enable
farmers, seed suppliers and others
to see crop research currently
being conducted, and to enable
them to talk to specialists about
certain problems or interests.
The day, coordinated and
sponsored by Penn State
University, was held at the
southeastern field research
laboratory in Landisville. Ac
cording to Penn State, the
laboratory was originally
established in the early 1900 s to
centralize tobacco investigations
and has gradually expanded to
include tests on the adaptability ot
many field crops. Thus the day
included the research and
production practices ot ten dif
ferent crops.
Participants had the opportunity
Farmers prove eagerness
to learn at local field day
to ask questions trom sixteen
specialists and tour research
assistants. Areas included bedding
plants for flowers; alfalfa variety,
fertility and management for
torage; tomato varieties; kenaf
seedling rate; grape varieties and
others.
Tobacco research was discussed
by John Yocum, senior research
associate and manager ot the
laboratory. Farmers had an op
portunity to discuss new types ot
tobacco that produce larger leaves
and have an earlier harvest date,
and a chance to see them next to
varieties ot Permian and Pennbel
two types Yocum described as
the ■"primary varieties in Penn
sylvania.”
-We also have some examples ot
aphid controls that you preplant
and that are controlluig the aphids
up to now,” he elaborated.
According to the Agricultural
Experunent Station at Penn State,
-Bleeding and plant selection tor
superior sliains ot Pennsylvania
tobacco that incur pot ale disease
resistance, yield, and quality aie
an nnpoitant pati ut itn i 'h.uio
Tobacco farmers had the
opportunity to compare
regular varieties of Pennlan
and Pennbel, above, with a
new variety which produces
bigger leaves and an earlier
harvest date. According to
John Yocum, Penn State
specialist, this larger leaf
tobacco, left, matures earlier
requiring an earlier harvest.
research program conducted at
the laboratory.” Their lastest
brochure on the lab goes on to say,
"Important contributions ot the
tobacco investigations have been
the development of recom
mendations for correct usage of
herbicides, fertilizers,- in
secticides, and fungicides, and
recommendations ot plant
population, curing, and general
plant bed management
procedures.
Corn research is an integral part
ot the laboratory’s program too.
The investigations earned on at
the lab seek continual im
provement ot hybrids adapted to
the long growing season ot
southcentral and southeast Penn
sylvania.
Joe McGahen, corn specialist,
said, "We look at over JOO hybrids'
every year in our testing program
(interring to all ot Penn Stale’s
research on corn).
Were just scraping the
iceberg, actual!}, in our knowledge
ot how plants gi ow We know nun e
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