CESU Native Geno-Types – Comparative Yields in Commerical Field Production

Project ID: L14AC00339

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: University of Idaho

Fiscal Year: 2014

Initial Funding: $22,300

Total Funding: $22,300

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Apostol, Kent

Agreement Technical Representative: Kendig, Doug

Abstract: 1. This project will evaluate the reliability and predictability (risks) of native grass species yields over a 5 to 10 year timeframe from wild-land collected sources and compare yields by species, genotypes, and environmental factors of source locations where available. The project will compare and analyze yields of wildland collected geno-types cultivated in an agricultural setting to determine the range of yields in the first, second, and third year of production, and describe the reliability of seed yields of a species and geno-types from different geographic areas.

2. Data sets will be assembled for statistical analysis, additional field and environmental factors, and assessed by species including native geno-types, cultivars of the same species, cultivation practices and seed quality and weather events that effected yields. Changes in yields by species will be compared by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
BLM TYPE: RESEARCH