Insect Control/Disease
-
The New Mighty Mite
There is one very distinct difference in the two spotted spider mite and every other cotton insect. That would be…
-
Balancing New Varieties with Established Varieties
Performance of the Deltapine Class of ’09 cotton varieties is generating tremendous interest across the Cotton Belt, Delta and Pineland…
-
AM 1550 B2RF Excels in Fields, Trials
Grower field performance in 2008 proved what university official variety trials (OVT) showed for the two preceding years: Americot’s AM…
-
FiberMax Okra Leaf Varieties Perform in South Texas
Bishop, TX, cotton grower Ronnie Smith needs cotton varieties that yield and grade well in the arid Coastal Bend area,…
-
Cheminova Announces New Fungicide Portfolio Manager
Brent Byers has joined Cheminova as Fungicide Portfolio Manager. “Brent has a diverse background in sales and marketing and the…
-
User Friendly
New master branding effort from Monsanto eliminates ‘trait clutter’ Nearly all traits in Monsanto pipeline will fall under one of…
-
Pests Attack When Cotton is Most Vulnerable
Fortunately, cotton diseases ― Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Phytophthora ― are not annual problems and are mostly weather related. But…
-
New Fusarium Race Roars Into California
“It can kill cotton, and you can never get rid of it … once it’s in the ground, you don’t…
-
Nematodes In The Crosshairs
The problem with nematode control is that there can be high populations with little damage in one section of a…
-
Patience Is Tough When Pests Are In The Field
It’s amazing what you’ll hear just shooting the breeze with cotton growers and consultants on the turn row. Earlier this…