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.
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Jun
2020
Category Archives: Cotton
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
13
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
11
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.
08
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
04
Jun
2020
Call of the Week: Hot Topics with Larry Steckel & Scott Stewart
04
Jun
2020
Farmers facing heavy thrips infestation and the late-breaking news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has vacated registrations for three dicamba herbicides. It’s all covered in this podcast.
04
Jun
2020
Cotton Insect Update … Thrips Be Rolling
04
Jun
2020
It’s been a challenge getting our crops in the ground, and our planting dates are really stretched out. It is especially important that our late planted cotton gets off to a good start to make up for a little lost time. Unfortunately, the ‘Thrips Infestation Predictor for Cotton’ (https://climate.ncsu.edu/cottonTIP) appears to be dead on in predicting our heaviest thrips pressure will occur in early June, just as our later planted cotton is most susceptible. I’d suggest making an insecticide application to Continue reading
29
May
2020
Recording of UT Cotton School (Zoom Training)
29
May
2020
Below please find a link to the recorded zoom training for the 2020 UT Cotton Scout School. It is a rather lengthy training, but you can fast forward and rewind at your discretion.
http://www.utcrops.com/BlogStuff/2020-UT_CottonScoutSchool.mp4