Dryland Systems Research with Oilseed Crops

Bill Schillinger, Doug Young, Tim Paulitz, and Ann Kennedy

Department of Crop & Soil Sciences School of Economic Sciences Washington State University and USDA – Agricultural Research Service

No-till Irrigated Cropping Systems Study at Lind

3-year rotation of winter wheat – spring barley – winter canola Three residue management treatments: 1.

Burn stubble 2.

3.

Mechanically remove stubble Leave stubble standing

Rattail fescue

Safflower

Yellow Mustard

Benefits of Winter Canola in Wheat-Based Rotations

Ritzville: WW-SF vs. WW-SF-WC-SF Davenport: WW-SW-CF vs. WC-SW-CF

Camelina 2007

Camelina cropping systems 2008 WW –C–SF versus WW-SF

Oilseed Related Publications Paulitz, T.C., K.L. Schroeder, and W.F. Schillinger. 2009. Root diseases in an alternative irrigated no-till cropping system: Effects of residue management and crop rotation.

Plant Disease

(in press).

Zaikin A.A., D.L.Young, W.F.Schillinger. 2008. Economics of an irrigated no-till crop rotation with alternative stubble management practices versus continuous irrigated winter wheat with burning and plowing of stubble.

Washington State Univ. Ext. Bull. EB2029E

. Schillinger, W.F., A.C. Kennedy, and D.L. Young. 2007. Eight years of annual no-till cropping in Washington’s winter wheat – summer fallow region.

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

120:345-358.

Paulitz, T.C., P.A. Okubara, and W.F. Schillinger. 2006. First report of damping-off of canola caused by

Rhizoctonia solani

AG 2-1 in Washington State.

Plant Disease

90:829.

Juergens, L.A., D.L. Young, W.F. Schillinger, and H.R. Hinman. 2004. Economics of alternative no-till spring crop rotations in Washington’s wheat-fallow region.

Agronomy Journal

96:154-158.

Cook, R.J., W.F. Schillinger, and N.W. Christensen. 2002. Rhizoctonia root rot and wheat take-all in diverse direct-seed spring cropping systems.

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

24:349-358.