1980 & earlier
Project: 1
Title: Technical Support
Principle Investigator: R.P. Wolkowski
Objective: Provides for administrative expense and fertilizer costs for the entire program.
Funding Level: Approximately 25% of total yearly fund
Duration: until mid-1996, see budget for K. Churchill support
Project: 2
Title: ICP Purchase
Principle Investigator: L.M. Walsh / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: Purchase of an inductively coupled plasmaspectrometer for the State Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
Funding Level: $30,000
Duration: 1 year
Project: 4-80
Title: Yield Potentials of Sweet Corn Cultivars in Relation to Fertility Levels of N, P, & K
Principle Investigator: L.A. Peterson / UW–Madison, Horticulture
Objective: To evaluate the response of a number of sweet corn cultivars at different N, P, and K fertility levels
Funding Level: $2,000, $2,000, $2,000
Duration: 3 years
Project: 6-80
Title: The Influence of Potassium Rate and Source on Yield, N2-Fixation and Response to Autumn Harvest of Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Birdsfoot Trefoil
Principle Investigator: M. Collins / UW–Madison, Agronomy
Objective: To study the influence of K and S on growth and nodulation of several forage legumes and the effects of autumn harvest and K level on winter survival
Funding Level: $14,000, $12,100, $13,250
Duration: 3 years
Project: 7-80
Title: Nitrogen Mobilization Mineralization Under Conservation Tillage Systems
Principle Investigator: D.R. Keeney / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To construct a model of nitrogen immobilization-mineralization under several conservation tillage systems
Funding Level: $2,000, $1,000
Duration: 3 years
Project: 8-80
Title: Optimum N and K Levels in Corn Production Under Risk
Principle Investigator: R.A. Schoney / UW–Madison, Ag Economics
Objective: To develop a series of computerized decision aids for the making of corn fertilization decisions
Funding Level: $5,000
Duration: 1 year
Project: 9-80
Title: Cooperative Forest Fertilization Studies in the Central Sands Region and Northern Wisconsin
Principle Investigator: E.J. Jokela / UW-Stevens Point, Natural Resources
Objective: To determine the nutrient status and potential for fertilizer response of selected sites through uniform field trials
Funding Level: $20,335
Duration: 1 year
Project: 10-80
Title: Development of the SrCl2 Method as a Routine Soil Testing Procedure for Macronutrient Cations and for Heavy Metals
Principle Investigator: R.B. Corey / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To further develop the SrCl2 method for routine soil analysis
Funding Level: $5,000, $5,000, $5,000
Duration: 3 years
Project: 11-80
Title: Agronomic and Economic Response of Helianthus annus (Sunflower) Grown in Wisconsin to Fertilizer Applications
Principle Investigator: E.S. Oplinger / UW–Madison, Agronomy
Objective: To estimate yield response of sunflower to N, P, and K additions
Funding Level: $8,000, $8,000
Duration: 2 years
Project: 12-80
Title: Dual Placement of N and P on Corn in Wisconsin
Principle Investigator: P.E. Fixen / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To evaluate the response of corn to simultaneous injection of anhydrous ammonia and liquid ammonium polyphosphate
Funding Level: $4,800
Duration: 1 year
Project: 13-80
Title: Effect of Tillage System on the N, P and K Requirement of Corn
Principle Investigator: E.E. Schulte / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To evaluate the interaction between tillage systems and the N, P, and K requirement of corn.
Funding Level: $12,000, $19,932, $19,596, $16,850
Duration: 4 years
Project: 14-80
Title: Effect of Soil P and K and Broadcast N on Response of Corn to Row Fertilizer
Principle Investigator: E.E. Schulte / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To determine the optimum rates of N, P, and K in row fertilizer over a range of soil test levels of P and K and applied N
Funding Level: $4,755, $6,978, $7,740, $4,990
Duration: 4 years
Project: 15-80
Title: Response of Birdsfoot Trefoil to Varying Levels of P and K
Principle Investigator: K.A. Kelling / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To examine the P and K requirements of birdsfoot trefoil at varying soil tests
Funding Level: $1,000, $2,000, $2,317
Duration: 3 years
Project: 16-80
Title: High Yield Alfalfa Through the Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS)
Principle Investigator: K.A. Kelling / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To develop the DRIS recommendation for Wisconsin alfalfa producers
Funding Level: $6,800, $7,500, $5,600
Duration: 3 years
Project: 17-80
Title: Evaluation of Certain Nonconventional Soil Additives for Improving Crop Yields in Wisconsin
Principle Investigator: K.A. Kelling / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To evaluate various materials claimed to reduce or replace fertilizers for crop production in Wisconsin
Funding Level: $1,500, $3,110, $2,622
Duration: 3 years
Project: 18-80, 1
Title: N Applications on Alfalfa Seedlings, Split Applications of High Levels of K and S on Alfalfa in North-Central Wisconsin
Principle Investigator: K.A. Kelling / UW–Madison, Soil Science
Objective: To evaluate the influence of small amounts of N to alfalfa in the seeding year. To compare high levels of K and S fertilization in split application to alfalfa