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Agriculture Research Guide: MSU & Michigan Resources

This is a general guide to finding information on agricultural subjects including crops, soils, forages, farm management, agricultural and biosystems engineering, and sustainable agriculture (SARE).

MSU agricultural and plant science history

General Michigan Agriculture

MSU Developed Varieties

Grand Traverse hazelnut
Reference: Farris, C. W. Two new introductions. The Grand Traverse hazelnut and Spartan Seedless grape. 80th Annual report - Northern Nut Growers' Association. p.102-103. 1989.

Spartan Seedless grape
Reference: Farris, C. W. Two new introductions. The Grand Traverse hazelnut and Spartan Seedless grape. 80th Annual report - Northern Nut Growers' Association. p.102-103. 1989.

Mini-Spartan tomato.
Honma, S. ; Price, H. C. ; Murakishi, H. H. ; Bedford, C. L.
MSU Research Report 399. 1980

 A Spartan comeback of the seed kind. Dau, J. Futures. 33.1/2. p 20-32. 2015.
This paper focuses on the resurrection of the old barley cultivar Spartan, a cross between the Michigan black barbless and Michigan two-row cultivars, for use in the craft beer industry in Michigan, USA.

Golden Ruler - a flat wax snap bean.
Honma, S. ; Cash, J. N.
MSU Research Report 382. 1979

Spartan Delux - a new carrot hybrid for freshmarket with blight [Cercospora carotae] resistance.
Baker, L. R.; Lacy, M.
Research Report. 1978.

Spartan Bonus - a high quality processing hybrid carrot for muckland production.
Baker, L. R.
Research Report 359. 1978

Spartan Classic, Spartan Premium and Spartan Winner - three new hybrids with "rusty root" resistance for processing and freshmarket production on mucklands.
By: Baker, L. R. ; Valk, M.
Research Report 359. 1978

Spartan Delite and Spartan Fancy - two high quality hybrid carrots for Michigan freshmarket production.
By: Baker, L. R.
Research Report 359. 1978

Spartan North - a single-cross hybrid carrot for freshmarket production on northern mucklands.
By: Baker, L. R.
Research Report 359. 1978

Spartan Lakes, a new head lettuce for Michigan mucklands.
Markarian, D.
Quarterly Bulletin. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station
v. 50, p. 288-92. 1968

Spartan Banner Onion (MSU 2399 x MSU 611)
New hybrid onion. Peterson, C. E. Hort. Rep. Mich. St. Univ. 30. 1966.

Spartan Pink 10, Red 8, new Michigan tomatoes.
Crops and Soils, 16.1: 14. 1963

Cucumber Spartan dawn [Cf. xxxiii, 3760]
is an F 1 hybrid of MSU 713.5 x Spartan 27 and is 10-14 days earlier than Wisconsin 5MR15.

Spartan Red 8, a new tomato for greenhouse production.
HONMA, S. ; WITTWER, S. H. ; HEECKT, O.
Quarterly Bulletin. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 43: 478-81. 1961.

Spartan Early-a new variety of broccoli.
HONMA, S. Quarterly Bulletin. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 42: 470-73. 1960.
Published: 1960

Spartan 162-a slow bolting green Pascal celery.
HONMA, S. ; PETERSON, C. E. ; WITTWER, S. H. Quarterly Bulletin. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 41: 378-80. 1958

The Michigan-Ohio hybrid: a new F 1 tomato for greenhouse production.
WITTWER, S. H.
Quarterly Bulletin. Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 36: 191-194. 1953.

Tomato: Michigan State Forcing

Jupiter: Soft White Winter Wheat

MSU - Michigan Resouces