We’ve added a cotton weed control video to the 2020 Weed Tour playlist. Check it out.
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Jun
2020
Category Archives: Cotton
22
Jun
2020
Post-Direct and Hooded Mixtures
22
Jun
2020
Some of the earlier planted cotton fields are entering the true “laying it by” application timing. Given the continued reports of Palmer amaranth, prickly sida, barnyardgrass, junglerice and goosegrass escaping glyphosate + dicamba applications going back to an “old school” layby is a good plan.
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Jun
2020
Early Season Management of Plant Bugs in Cotton
18
Jun
2020
Below are a few reminders as much of the crop will begin squaring in the next week. It’s too soon to know what kind of plant bug year we will have, but there are a couple of truism that generally hold. When we have a wet spring, and particularly a cool spring, infestations in cotton often start a little later than normal. The weedy hosts of tarnished plant bug will stay attractive longer, holding the bugs longer before they migrate into cotton. However, we often since higher than normal populations during mid and late season under the same circumstance. Second, Continue reading
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Jun
2020
Virtual Weed Tour
17
Jun
2020
Since we could not gather today for the annual Weed Tour, Dr. Larry Steckel and Clay Perkins have developed a few short videos highlighting weed management research.
16
Jun
2020
Plan “B” For Palmer Escapes After Dicamba or 2,4-D
16
Jun
2020
Some reports have come from folks concerned by the lack of Palmer amaranth response to applications of dicamba plus glyphosate applied in the last 10 days. I expect to get more of these calls as I have seen similar results in our research this spring. Continue reading
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Jun
2020
UT Weed Tour Cancelled
13
Jun
2020
Dear Colleagues
The University of Tennessee Weed Tour has been cancelled. Due to the covid-19 virus no large groups are allowed to visit a University research station. Since we cannot have an in-person tour, we plan to post some short videos on the UT Crops News Blog highlighting some of the more interesting research from this summer.
Thanks,
Larry Steckel
11
Jun
2020
Thrips Control in Cotton
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Jun
2020
Scott Stewart shares more information on thrips control in this video….the first one on our new UT Crops YouTube channel! Be sure to subscribe.
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Jun
2020
Palmer Amaranth Control with all the Uncertainty Around Dicamba
08
Jun
2020
As most know by now, on June 3rd the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit vacated the labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia. The question since is how do we proceed from here controlling weeds in Xtend cotton and soybean?
The folks at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) have stated that until they get direction from the Environmental Protection Agency to the contrary, growers can still apply those herbicides according to the label directions. How long this will be is uncertain. It could be just a day, several weeks or depending upon legal maneuvers, well into July. Continue reading