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Features
Defoliation
will be a challenge in variable cotton crop
Elton Robinson
Delta Farm Press
The 2006 Mid-South cotton crop is shaping up as a
variable but average crop. The variability is going to create some
challenges for defoliation and harvest.
Many
first place finishers in Madera powdery mildew fungicide trial
Harry Cline
Western Farm Press
George Leavitt's closely watched powdery mildew control
trial this year was a photo finish for first place. However, the finish
line needed to be as wide as a football field is long because nearly
every commercial and some experimental entrants were bunched up tighter
than the cars on the Los Angeles 405 freeway in rush hour traffic.
Editor's
Notebook
Ron Smith
Southwest Farm Press
Aug. 9, 2006 -- Things don't look much better south of
Dallas than they do to the north, but on a drive from Denton to Austin
today, with brief stops in Temple and Troy, I did see corn that shows
promise of making 100 bushels per acre.
How do
you grow burley on flue-cured farm?
Chris Bickers
Southeast Farm Press
The pressing question on many American tobacco farms
this year is, "How do you grow burley on a flue-cured farm?"
Rice PGRs, new
compounds and timing issues
David Bennett
Delta Farm Press
Richard Dunand is studying plant growth regulators --
compounds that modify plant growth and development -- for rice.
Finding
resistance, combating rice diseases remain focus
David Bennett
Delta Farm Press
While there are numerous fungicides available to treat
rice diseases, they shouldn't be seen as the ultimate goal in protecting
a crop. The true aim of Don Groth's research is to find and foster
disease resistance.
Workshop
on energy from biomass
Delta Farm Press
A workshop for legislators, the business and
manufacturing community, community leaders and interested citizens on
the potential for producing energy and value-added products from biomass
in Arkansas is set for Aug. 24 and 25 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in
Little Rock.
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