Browsing by Author "Allison, Allen H."

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    Effect of soil type and location on the protein and oil percentage of soybeans (Glycine max L.)
    Allison, Allen H. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969)
    A study was conducted for four years to determine the effect of three soils at each of three Virginia locations on the protein and oil content of different soybean varieties. Soybeans were grown in plastic lined "pots'' fashioned by digging holes 48 inches deep and 14 inches in diameter. Root growth was restricted to the "pots" by plastic liners on the sides and copper mesh wire covering the bottom of each hole. Each soil was placed in the holes as near to its original position as possible. Under the conditions of this study, both soil type and location affected the oil and protein content of soybeans. Soil type affected protein percentage more than location but oil percentage was affected more by locations. Varieties responded differentially to soil type and location. Soybeans grown on Bertie sandy clay loam contained a higher protein and lower oil percentage than when grown on Sassafras or Davison soils. Soybeans grown on Davidson soil were lower in protein percentage than when grown on either Sassafras or Bertie soil. Location affected protein percentage in two out of four years and oil percentage each year. Soybeans grown on the southern-most location produced more oil and less protein than when produced at the two northern-most locations.
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    Growing soybeans in Virginia
    Allison, Allen H. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Agricultural Extension Service, 1963-06)
    Discusses best practices for growing soybeans in Virginia.
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    The relation of subsoiling, deep lime and deep phosphate application to the yields of corn, peanuts, and alfalfa in Virginia
    Stivers, Russell K.; Lillard, James H.; Jones, G. D.; Allison, Allen H. (Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1956-03)
    Subsoiling has been practiced to a limited extent in some areas for many years. The practice may have promise of raising yields on certain Virginia soils
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    The Virginia 81 bunch peanut (VA 81B)
    Coffelt, T. A.; Mozingo, R. Walton; Porter, D. Morris; Allison, Allen H. (Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1984)
    Peanuts are an important cash crop in Virginia, generally ranking fourth behind tobacco, corn and soybeans. However, production is limited to southeast Virginia where peanut is the number one cash crop. The gross farm value of the peanut crop reached a record high $91,239,000 in 1981. Peanut yields increased about 15 percent every five years until 1976. Since 1976, yields have remained steady, except for 1980 when severe drought reduced yields by two-thirds. Since 1976, the major limiting factor for yield has been diseases, the most important of which is Sclerotinia blight caused by Sclerotinia minor Jagger. This disease accounted for an estimated loss of 10.6 million dollars in farm income in 1981. Sclerotinia blight is found in about 50 percent of the peanut fields in Virginia and is also a problem in other U.S. peanut-producing states (North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas), as well as other parts of the world. Virginia 81 Bunch (VA 81 B) is an early-maturing virginia-type peanut variety released in 1982 jointly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service and the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station because of its resistance to Sclerotinia minor, earliness, and favorable agronomic traits. While not immune to this soilborne pathogen, VA 81 B should provide increased yields over currently grown varieties when planted in infested fields.