The Georgia Corn Growers Association recently announced funding for corn research proposals for the year 2001-02. The following projects were approved:
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Technical support for the University of Georgia Extension Corn Improvement Team — $36,300.
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The feasibility of double cropping corn using transgenic hybrids — $2,000.
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A comparison of single, twin and narrow-row width planting systems in corn and its effect on corn yield and agronomic characteristics — $2,000.
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University of Georgia Corn Extension Education Program request for 2001 — $5,000.
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Irrigated corn production and water conservation measures — $19,000.
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An integrated process to nutrify and detoxify aflatoxin-contaminated corn — $9,882.
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Evaluation of corn hybrids for silage — $1436.73.
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Genetic study of the resistance to Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin production in the population GT-MAS: gk and development of aflatoxin-resistant corn lines adapted to southern Georgia — $17,000.
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Management of soil insects by precision insecticide placement in conventional and conservation-tillage systems involving transgenic and nontransgenic corn — $15,000.
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The yield performance of herbicide-resistant corn hybrids in Georgia — $10,000.
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Sustainable dryland corn production: development of drought-tolerant corn to manage aflatoxin contamination and increase corn acreage and production in Georgia — $17,000.
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Reducing the risk of drought in dryland production systems by matching silking dates with the highest probability rainfall patterns — $3,500.
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High-residue conservation-tillage system for corn (renewal) — $800.
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The application of herbicide-resistant corn varieties for quail enhancement and yield — $5,500.
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Implementation of closed-loop fumigation technology in Georgia — $14,000.
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Interactions of lesion nematode infection and water stress in corn — $5,000.
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