Research

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High Plains Animal Waste Research Project

The objectives of Oklahoma State Universities Animal Waste Management research program in the Southern Great Plains are as follows:

1. Develop sustainable, environmentally safe, and ecologically sound practices for beneficial animal waste management;
2. Determine best management practices for maximum nutrient utilization in long-term reduced tillage cropping systems following land application of animal waste;
3. Improved efficiency to decrease ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emission from animal waste into the environment.;
4. Effect of Animal Waste Management on Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Environment
5. Use diet modification to alter swine manure nutrient content and evaluate resulting changes in manure properties;
6. Evaluate the economic impact of animal waste management on production, society and the environment for the southern Great Plains.

Bioenergy Crop Production

This program is dedicated to the development of new bioenergy crops and their production systems and train Scientific Corps in Bioenergy Crop Production that will strengthen the efforts at Oklahoma State University where a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, bioenergy research team has been formed from multiple departments and across colleges. Program also collaborates extensively with researchers in Oklahoma and across the nation, in addition to several industry partners.

Wheat Improvement Team

Agronomic research goals emphasize the improvement of resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, soil-borne mosaic virus, aphids, and tolerance to low-pH, A1-toxic soils.  Selection has long been performed under a grain-only management system, but resources are being re-channeled toward selection in a dual-purpose environment under the GRAZEnGRAIN© breeding system.  Emphasis on grain quality has traditionally focused on physical kernel characteristics and breadmaking quality, but the arrival of Hard White Winter wheat to the southern Great Plains has turned our attention to a new set of traits, such as kernel color, sprouting tolerance, and noodle quality.