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. .oJ 00('501 HYDROGEL, a cross-linked Dolvacrylamide, has substantiaUy increased yields in com, onions, tomatoes and peppers, " Using a combination of PAM and surge irrigation, erosion was reduced an average of64% while using 25% less irrigation water and producing equal yields of 179 bushels per acre of grain com when compared to untreated conventional irrigated com in 1996-98, In 1997 and 1998, using conventional irrigation at the Arkansas VaUey Research Center, the addition of PAM increased yields an average of six (6) bushels per acre, In trials at the Arkansas VaUey Research Center conducted by Mike Bartolo, soil loss was reduced 47% when using PAM on 6 of II irrigations and still produced similar total market weight on onions of 370 cwt/ac compared to 357 cwt/ac on the untreated check in the 1996 trials, In 1997, soil loss was reduced 22% when PAM was applied on only 3 of 10 irrigations and total yield was significantly increased from 377 cwt/ac on the untreated control as compared to 425 cwt/ac on the PAM treated plots, Fresh picked tomato yields were substantiaUy increased in 1996 from 14,8 tons/ac on the untreated control to 20,8 tons/ac when using a combination of PAM and HYDROGEL, as a seed treat. Soil loss was reduced 39% on the PAMlHYDROGEL area as compared to the untreated control. In 1997, HYDROGEL, either as a seed treat or incorporated in the soil, combined with PAM increased the number of emerging plants from 50 to 300% when compared to the untreated control while yields, after thirming, were increased as much as 2.4 tons per acre, In 1996, soil loss from a Jalapeno pepper field was reduced 47% when using PAM as compared to the untreated control. Also, fresh picked pepper yields were increased from 4,0 tons per acre on the untreated control to 8,7 tons per acre on the PAM + HYDROGEL area, On a Mira Sol pepper field in 1997, the combination of PAM + HYDROGEL produced 9,5 tons per acre as compared to 6,5 tons per acre on the untreated check,