Posted on October 21, 2014 by southernipmcenter
Auburn University researcher Austin Hagan explains that researchers are finding options to deal with target spot, which will be helpful for cotton growers in south Alabama, where disease pressure is highest. Southeast Farm Press discusses some of his findings, which he explains during a field day in Headland, AL.
Many questions remain about how to treat target spot on cotton, but researchers do know that under the right conditions, it can lead to significant yield losses.
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Posted on February 11, 2014 by southernipmcenter
From Delta Farm Press
Researchers trying to gain a better understanding of declines in bee populations have found higher concentrations of neonicotinoid insecticides in the foliage of wild flowers located along field borders than they expected.
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Posted on January 16, 2014 by southernipmcenter
From Southeast Farm Press
“Between a rock and a hard spot.”
That’s where many Extension agents and consultants feel they’re stuck as far as target spot on cotton in Georgia.
“As Extension specialists, agents and consultants, this is really where we are,” said University of Georgia Extension plant pathologist Bob Kemerait, speaking at the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans.
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Posted on January 7, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
by Clint Thompson, University of Georgia
Pesticides are a costly but essential tool farmers use to control plant diseases and insects. Crop rotation continues to be a more reliable and economical management strategy.
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Posted on November 22, 2013 by southernipmcenter
From Delta Farm Press
For years, the boll weevil was public enemy No. 1 for Tennessee cotton farmers. The boll weevil is gone thanks to the hard work of cotton growers and research scientists. But the malathion sprays that took out the boll weevil and plant bugs are gone as well, creating an environment where plant bugs have become a major problem. The University of Tennessee’s Sandy Steckel talked about the current efforts to control the latter during a stop on the Cotton Tour at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center.
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Posted on November 21, 2013 by southernipmcenter
From Southeast Farm Press
By Jack Bacheler, North Carolina Extension Entomologist
Information from North Carolina’s licensed independent crop consultants is invaluable in determining cotton pest status and insecticide inputs from region to region and from one year to the next.
Their responses to our survey questionnaire are both an accurate account of the past “insect year” and represent approximately one third of North Carolina’s total cotton acreage.
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Posted on June 26, 2013 by southernipmcenter
From Southeast Farm Press
Even the best made and implemented weed management strategies can fall short of the glory of perfect, clean fields come summer. And Palmer amaranth will take advantage where it can. As you look over the cotton field now, you see them getting bigger by the day. If all else fails, best go manhandle them out of there and keep a bad thing from getting worse next year.
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Posted on June 4, 2013 by southernipmcenter
From Southeast Farm Press
By Ron Smith, Alabama Extension Entomologist
Historically, years of abundant spring rainfall resulting in delayed cotton planting have been some of our highest plant bug damage years.
Plant bug damage can be more pronounced when the migration of adults from wild host plants occurs prior to or about the time cotton is setting the first pinhead squares (6thto 8thtrue leaf).
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