Grain β-glucan content is the most important attribute for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties destined for the human food market. This trait is important because of the blood glucose and cholesterol-reducing properties of β-glucans. High levels of grain protein content, test weight, and seed size and endosperm color may also add value. Seed yield potential, in part, determines the economic f...

Yan, G. P., Smiley, R. W., Okubara, P. A., Skantar, A. M., and Reardon, C. L. 2013. Developing a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Pratylenchus neglectus in soil. Plant Dis. 97:757-764. Pratylenchus neglectus is one of the most widespread and economically important nematodes that invades plant roots and restricts wheat productivity in the Pacific Northwest. It is challengi...

Organic waste beneficial-use programs effectively recycle plant nutrients when applied at agronomic rates. Our objectives were to determine: biosolids nitrogen (N) fertilizer equivalency; biosolids N mineralization during years of above and below average precipitation and long-term N mineralization; which soil phosphorus (P) phases dominate following years of biosolids application; and the pote...

In the dryland Pacific Northwest wheat cropping systems, no-till is becoming more prevalent as a way to reduce soil erosion and fuel inputs. Tillage can have a profound effect on microbial communities and soilborne fungal pathogens, such as Rhizoctonia. We compared the fungal communities in long-term no-till (NT) plots adjacent to conventionally tilled (CT) plots, over three years at two locati...

Citation: Eigenbrode SD, Binns WP and Huggins DR (2018) Confronting Climate Change Challenges to Dryland Cereal Production: A Call for Collaborative, Transdisciplinary Research, and Producer Engagement. Front. Ecol. Evol. 5:164. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00164 Confronting Climate Change Challenges to Dryland Cereal Production: A Call for Collaborative, Transdisciplinary Research, and Producer Enga...