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A meadow vole.

Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri - Page 3

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Meadow voles and prairie voles spend most of their lives above ground, living in and feeding on grasses and seeds. They may travel as far as 1/4 mile in search of food and cover. Their typical habitat includes lightly grazed pastures, old fields and grassy areas, lawns and gardens.

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Red cedars.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 14

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Eastern red cedar is a small to medium-sized tree up to 50 feet tall. It is an aromatic evergreen with a dense pyramid-shaped to cylindrical crown.

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Sensitive brier.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 46

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Sensitive brier has prostrate stems and seedpods covered with hooked barbs. Doubly compound, featherlike leaves close rapidly when touched or disturbed. Flower clusters are a fuchsia ball dotted with contrasting yellow stamens.

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Flowering spurge.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 17

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Flowering spurge may reach 3 feet tall on richer soils. Inflorescences are multibranched, with multiple flower heads per branch. Flowers have five white petals with a yellow center and average about one-third inch across.

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Smartweed.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 49

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Annual smartweeds has abundant, swollen nodes where the leaf meets the stem. Leaves are simple, alternate and parallel-veined; most are lanceolate. Flower clusters are white or pink, and at maturity the plant yields large numbers of seeds.

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Goat's rue.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 20

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Goat’s rue, a member of the bean family, is readily identified by its striking flower, which consists of a cream-colored upper petal above two bright pink lower petals. Leaves are alternate, compound and usually hairy, with a pointed, hairlike tip.

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Switch grass.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 52

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Switch grass exhibits an upright, bunchy growth form. The leaves twist in a corkscrew-like pattern from the base to the tip of the blade.

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Cover art for publication WQ307

Fertilizer Nutrients in Dairy Manure

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Reviewed by David Brune
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Charles D. Fulhage and Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Many dairy producers fall into one of two categories:

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Cover art for publication WQ427

Benefits and Risks of Biosolids

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Biosolids are domestic wastewater sludge that meet standards for beneficial use as fertilizer. Visit our site to learn the Benefits and Risks of Biosolids.

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Cover art for publication WQ254

Nitrogen in the Environment: Nitrification

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Reviewed by David Brune
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Scott C. Killpack and Daryl Buchholz
Department of Agronomy

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Bacterial pustule on soybean leaves.

Soybean Rust, Page 2

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Bacterial pustule (Xanthomonas axonopodia pv. glycines)

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Septoria brown spot on soybean leaf.

Soybean Rust, Page 5

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Septoria brown spot (Septoria glycines)

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Cover art for publication WQ276

Nitrogen in the Environment: Essential Plant Nutrients

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Reviewed by David Brune
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Scott C. Killpack and Daryl Buchholz
Department of Agronomy

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Compare the stages of soybean rust.

Soybean Rust, Page 8

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Compare soybean rust disease stages by looking at them side by side.

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Cover art for publication G4356

Management of Grain Sorghum Diseases in Missouri

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Reviewed by Kaitlyn Bissonnette
Division of Plant Sciences

Allen Wrather
Division of Plant Sciences
Delta Center, Portageville

Laura Sweets
Division of Plant Sciences

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Sample preservation table.

Collecting and Preserving Waste and Wastewater Samples for Analysis

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Waste handling systems are used to protect the environment. Visit our site for our Collecting and Preserving Waste and Wastewater Samples for Analysis guide.

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Downy mildew on soybean leaf.

Soybean Rust, Page 3

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Downy mildew (Peronospora manshurica)

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Cover art for publication WQ258

Nitrogen in the Environment: Nitrate Poisoning

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Reviewed by David Brune
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Scott C. Killpack and Daryl Buchholz
Department of Agronomy

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Soybean rust on soybean leaf.

Soybean Rust, Page 6

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Soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi)

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Publication cover.

Soybean Rust

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Asian soybean rust is a serious foliage disease that has the potential to cause significant soybean yield losses. Anyone involved in soybean production needs to be familiar with the disease and its identification and management.

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Cover art for publication WQ426

Best Management Practices for Biosolids Land Application

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Reviewed by David Brune
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Ken Arnold
Chief of Land Application, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

John Dunn
Environmental Engineer, Environmental Protection Agency Region VII

Jerry D. Carpenter
Department of Agricultural Engineering

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Frogeye leaf spot on soybean leaf.

Soybean Rust, Page 4

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Frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina)

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Cover art for publication WQ259

Nitrogen in the Plant

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Nitrogen plays an important part in many essential functions. Visit our website to learn about Nitrogen in the Plant.

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Early stage of soybean rust on a soybean leaf.

Soybean Rust, Page 7

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These photos show the disease stages of soybean rust, which can be difficult to identify, especially in the early stages.

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Cover art for publication AF1016

Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance for Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

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Learn how to access EQIP technical and financial assistance for alley cropping, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, silvopasture and windbreak practices.

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