Save the Date: 2020 NC Crop Protection School
The 72nd Annual Crop Protection School will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2020, online via Zoom. RSVP is required, …
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The 72nd Annual Crop Protection School will be held Wednesday, December 2, 2020, online via Zoom. RSVP is required, …
Meloidogyne enterolobii Internal Quarantine from NCDA On Friday, October 5, 2018, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released a press …
Areolate mildew (Ramularia areola syn. Ramularia gossypii) has been confirmed on samples collected from Halifax County, North Carolina. This …
Recently, cotton producers have been concerned with areolate mildew (Ramularia areola syn. Ramularia gossypii) in North Carolina cotton. This …
Earworm populations (known as bollworm in cotton) were relatively low in our system from 2011 to 2016. Arguably, at …
Reports have come in on spray failures in some limited spots of pyrethroids over soybeans and cotton for bollworm/earworm. …
I have heard a lot of concern about worms (bollworm, fall armyworm, soybean looper, etc.) in our crops this …
Light trap data can always be accessed from our website, cotton.ces.ncsu.edu. To find it on the site, scroll over …
Many thanks to Commissioner Troxler for approving the use of Sivanto Prime for control of sugarcane aphid on sweet …
Mark your calendar for these upcoming events….. Northeast Ag Expo Field Day: Thursday, July 28, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to …
As noted in this complementary article, bollworm populations have been heavy this year in corn and they are breaking …
When cotton blooms, it’s time to switch sampling and thresholds for plant bugs. This previous article covered management of …
Timeliness of side-dress applications: As mentioned in other recent articles, some cotton has reached the squaring stage while other …
Cotton should be scouted for plant bugs from the time it squares until the last harvestable boll is formed. …
The squaring stage of cotton is an important benchmark in cotton development, marking the point in time in which …
The early part of the 2016 has been challenging to say the least, with cool/wet weather and resulting slow …
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm …
The weather during our optimum planting period has not been real cooperative. Tomorrow (May 25) is the insurance cutoff …
When did you plant? On average, cotton planted after the 17 of May is safe from thrips. The earlier …
The cotton planting conditions have not been as promising as forecast have suggested so far this season. Hopefully the …
The Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers Group offers this handbook, a joint effort among Extension Specialists …
This manual, updated every year, covers pesticide use and safety information, chemical application equipment, fertilizer …
This publication explains plant growth regulators for a variety of crops.
This publication covers chemical weed control and weed response to a variety of crops.
This publication covers insect and disease control in apples, blueberries, caneberries, grapes, peaches, pecans and …
This publication covers insect control in a variety of crops, as well as household pests.