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    • 2025 NCDA Cotton Seed Sampling Instructions and Procedures
  • Cotton Insect Management
    • North Carolina Cotton Insect Scouting Guide
    • Thrips Infestation Predictor for Cotton
    • Light Trap Information
    • Managing Thrips in Cotton
    • Tarnished Plant Bug Management in Cotton
    • 2024 Insecticide Ratings for Cotton
    • Excluding Boll Weevil Saves North Carolina Cotton Producers Money
    • Cotton Jassid: New Pest of Cotton in North Carolina
  • Cotton Disease Management
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    • Cotton Crash Course 2020
    • Virtual Field Day Presentations
    • Alternative Product Demonstrations
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  • Hurricane Preparedness Guide
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    • Guidelines for Use of a Wick Applicator for Applying Mepiquat Chloride
    • Calibration of a Wick Delivery System for Mepiquat Chloride
  • Soil Health: What Does It Mean?
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Syngenta to Stop Selling Gramoxone

Published - March 4, 2026 Read
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Cotton Jassid: Insights From Other Regions on a New Pest

Published - February 3, 2026 Read

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Preparations for Cotton Planting (Collins, Edmisten, Foote, & Farrer)

Published - March 12, 2026

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Final Cotton OVT Results

Published - January 30, 2026

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Fiber Quality Results From the 2025 NC on-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)

Published - December 5, 2025

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Preliminary Cotton OVT Results for 2025

Published - November 26, 2025

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Yield Results for the 2025 NC on-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program (Collins & Edmisten)

Published - November 22, 2025

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Management Strategies When Tropical Weather Approaches (Collins & Edmisten)

Published - September 25, 2025

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Defoliation Strategies for the Current Crop (Collins & Edmisten)

Published - September 21, 2025

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Timely Management Is Important as We Move Into the Fall (Collins & Edmisten)

Published - September 11, 2025

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