Glyphosate-resistant Palmer Amaranth on Turnrows and Ditchbanks

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer Amaranth on Turnrows and Ditchbanks Updated

🕔10:40, 31.Jul 2012

One area of concern in glyphosate-resistant (GR) Palmer amaranth management is controlling this species on turnrows, field borders, and ditchbanks.  Clean crop fields surrounded on turnrows and/or ditchbanks by GR Palmer amaranth is a common sight in areas where it

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Weed of the Week:  Partridgepea

Weed of the Week: Partridgepea Updated

🕔08:55, 31.Jul 2012

Partridgepea is often used as a wildlife forage because of the variety of species that feed off of the plant.

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Delta Research and Extension Center Rice Field Tomorrow Updated

🕔15:44, 30.Jul 2012

This is a friendly reminder that the Rice Field at Delta Research and Extension Service in Stoneville, MS will be tomorrow (July 31, 2012).   Registration at Capps Center- 2:00 pm.   Rice Market Outlook presentation by Milo Hamilton –

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Soybean Rust Update: July 30, 2012

Soybean Rust Update: July 30, 2012 Updated

🕔08:46, 30.Jul 2012

Additional soybean rust has been detected in MS as of last Thursday. At present, 5 counties (George, Issaquena, Jefferson, Pearl River, Pike) contain extremely light soybean rust infections in either commercial soybean fields (George, Jefferson, Pike) or in soybean sentinel plots (Issaquena, Pearl River).

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Yield Reduction from late-season Corn Defoliation?

Yield Reduction from late-season Corn Defoliation? Updated

🕔16:12, 27.Jul 2012

There is some late-planted Mississippi corn which has not reached physiological maturity. This corn may have its yield reduced somewhat by severe problems or stress. Included is a chart which may help assess potential corn yield reduction or risk.

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Insect Trap Counts, July 25, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 25, 2012 Updated

🕔11:43, 27.Jul 2012

Bollworm counts plateaued throughout the state this week after rising the last two weeks. Bollworm larvae can be found in most susceptible crops, but pressure is still somewhat light compared to recent years. Tobacco budworm and beet armyworm pressure remains low.

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Weed of the Week: Coffee Senna

Weed of the Week: Coffee Senna Updated

🕔07:34, 26.Jul 2012

Written by: Blake Edwards, Tom Eubank and Jason Bond Coffee Senna Family: Caesalpinia Scientific name: Senna occidentalis Synonyms: Bricho, Coffeeweed, Septicweed Coffee senna is an erect, summer annual plant that has alternate and compound leaves along the stem with opposite

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When is the Best Time to Start Corn Harvest?

When is the Best Time to Start Corn Harvest? Updated

🕔21:26, 21.Jul 2012

Corn harvest will be upon us much sooner than normal and expectations are generally much higher than recent years. However, we still need to get this corn crop out of the field and safely deliver it to market. Methods to successfully harvest your corn crop may vary depending on several factors.

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General soybean disease update: July 21, 2012

General soybean disease update: July 21, 2012 Updated

🕔15:38, 21.Jul 2012

Numerous foliar diseases in our soybean production system are being observed. Frogeye leaf spot, aerial blight, Cercospora blight, and southern blight have been observed on numerous acres at this time.

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Bollworm Update Cotton/Soybean Updated

🕔10:19, 21.Jul 2012

This year started out with most folks expecting higher than usual bollworm numbers due to the mild winter. Couple that with increased corn acres and the perfect storm was thought to be brewing. This is why entomologists get “shifty” when

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Southern Corn Rust: Is a Late Fungicide Application Warranted?

Southern Corn Rust: Is a Late Fungicide Application Warranted? Updated

🕔09:32, 21.Jul 2012

Southern rust continues to be a topic of conversation throughout the MS corn production area. Presently, the disease can be observed at low levels in a patchy distribution throughout the Delta. However, there are likely some fields that contain hot spots of the disease. Scouting continues to be necessary in situations where a fungicide application could be beneficial. But, the necessity to apply a fungicide will be dependent on several important variables.

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Cotton Aphid Update Updated

🕔20:40, 20.Jul 2012

Aphids have really been blowing up recently in cotton across Mississippi, so I wanted to give a quick update on our bioassay results from this year.  To date, I have not tested a single colony that was susceptible to neonicotinoids. 

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Insect Trap Counts, July 18, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 18, 2012 Updated

🕔14:12, 19.Jul 2012

For the second week in a row, bollworm pheromone trap catches were up sharply throughout the state. They are now in a  range more typical of catches in previous years. Tobacco budworm catches were up some in the Delta this

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First Findings of Kudzu Bugs in Mississippi

First Findings of Kudzu Bugs in Mississippi Updated

🕔18:07, 18.Jul 2012

On Friday July 13th a former graduate student from Clemson was traveling through the Vicksburg, MS area where she stopped at a gas station and noticed six adult kudzu bugs on a vehicle in close proximity to a kudzu patch. 

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Weed of the Week:  Hemp Sesbania

Weed of the Week: Hemp Sesbania Updated

🕔08:59, 18.Jul 2012

Late-emerging hemp sesbania is problematic at harvest due to its height, woody stem, and the fact that its black seed contaminate grain samples.

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Soybean Rust Detected in a Sentinel Plot and Commercial Soybean Fields in George County

Soybean Rust Detected in a Sentinel Plot and Commercial Soybean Fields in George County Updated

🕔06:34, 16.Jul 2012

Soybean rust has been detected for the first time during the 2012 season in George County in southeastern, MS. Additional information regarding the specific find as well as management scenarios are included in the blog update. Stay tuned for additional information regarding the presence of soybean rust in the MS soybean crop on the blog, at www.sbrusa.net, and through the free telephone hotline (1-866-641-1847) that provides information regarding the presence of soybean rust in AR, LA, and MS and is sponsored by the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board.

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How Soon Did It Rain After You Sprayed?

How Soon Did It Rain After You Sprayed? Updated

🕔16:32, 13.Jul 2012

Over the past week we have been getting a significant amount of rain across most of Mississippi. Unfortunately, most insects don’t mind the rain. Other than spider mites and aphids, we will likely have to continue managing insects in all crops despite the rain.

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Drought Monitor and Rainfall Effects on Cotton

Drought Monitor and Rainfall Effects on Cotton Updated

🕔16:01, 13.Jul 2012

Much needed rainfall has been received over the past week to ten days in many areas of the state; however, there are several areas that remain at a moisture deficit.  Rainfall in some areas of the state has exceeded 8”

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Rice Disease Update July 13, 2012 Updated

🕔13:09, 13.Jul 2012

This is video update of the current disease situation in rice. Please click on the following link to watch.

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Worms in Peanuts

Worms in Peanuts Updated

🕔10:00, 13.Jul 2012

I am getting a lot of calls about various worms in peanuts.  In nearly every case, it is a complex of multiple species.  It seems that the complex in the Delta region consists mainly of the rednecked peanut worm, granulate

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Bacterial Blight of Cotton Update: July 13, 2012

Bacterial Blight of Cotton Update: July 13, 2012 Updated

🕔07:25, 13.Jul 2012

For the second year in a row bacterial blight of cotton has been observed on numerous acres in the MS production system. Compared to 2011, twice as many counties have been observed to contain infected plant material.

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Will Abamectin Provide Any Plant Bug Control?

Will Abamectin Provide Any Plant Bug Control? Updated

🕔13:29, 12.Jul 2012

Over the last couple of weeks I have actually gotten quite a few questions about whether or not abamectin alone has any activity on plant bugs.  Plant bugs have been light this year to date and spider mites have been

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Insect Trap Counts, July 11, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 11, 2012 Updated

🕔11:36, 12.Jul 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap catches were higher in all regions this week. Reports from field scouts also indicate that bollworms are being flushed more commonly from fields, so expect to see more bollworm larvae in the near future. Bollworm catches are still

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July Supply and Demand Report Shocker Updated

🕔16:01, 11.Jul 2012

The World Agricultural Outlook Board of USDA released their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE) this morning, July 11.  The report revealed what most had feared, a much lower per acre yield than trend would suggest.  The

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Insect Trap Counts, July 4, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 4, 2012 Updated

🕔10:03, 6.Jul 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap counts remain at low levels throughout the state. They are so low that we are catching more tobacco budworms than bollworms, a very rare occurence for this time of year.

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