Acknowledgments

Special Report Number 573 is a contribution of the Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station.

Special recognition goes to the following individuals who provided their time, land, and additional resources in support of this program. Their many contributions are invaluable to the success of this effort. Cooperators include: Mr. Peter Brewer, Farmer Cooperator, Trenton, Missouri; Mr. Don Deline, Farmer Cooperator, Charleston, Missouri; Mr. Jake Fisher, Superintendent, UMC Delta Center, Portageville, Missouri; Dr. Richard Crawford, Superintendent, UMC Southwest Center, Mt. Vernon, Missouri; Mr. Tim Reinbott, Superintendent, Bradford Research and Extension Center, Columbia, Missouri; Mr. David Sheat, Farmer Cooperator, Lamar, Missouri; and Mr. Randall Smoot, Superintendent, UMC Greenley Research Center, Novelty, Missouri.

The authors would like to extend their thanks to Gene Danekas, State Statistician, Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service, for supplying Missouri wheat production statistics; Dr. Laura Sweets, Extension Plant Pathologist, Commercial Agriculture Program, University of Missouri who supplied the no-till drill used for the Trenton location; and the staff of the University of Missouri’s Agricultural Electronic Bulletin Board for their very timely publication of this report. We would also like to extend our special thanks to Margaret McKendry for her invaluable help in checking data.

We could not have completed this report without the help of the wheat program’s summer crew including: Chelsea Barnes, Courtney Barnes, Emily Brunk, Stacey Ebbesmeyer, Susan Bubach, Jeremyah Grigery, Bryan Kemper, Austen Loethen, and Ben Wilman. They’ve been invaluable to the development of this publication.