Mississippi Crop Situation

Response of Soybean Varieties to Advanced Weathering

👤Tom Allen, Extension Plant Pathologist 🕔08:44, 27.Oct 2018

Seed quality issues remain an important topic. Over the two weeks, portions of the MSU OVT that remained in the field post-harvest were harvested to consider quality differences between varieties. Purple seed stain as well as total damage, as a result of purple seed stain, Phomopsis seed decay and other issues that result in discoloration of soybean grain, were evaluated for the MG IV early and late and MG V early and late entries (n=133) in the Stoneville, MS loam OVT location.

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2018 USDA-AMS Cotton Varieties Planted Report

👤Darrin Dodds 🕔14:56, 26.Oct 2018

The 2018 USDA-AMS Cotton Varieties Planted Report for the U.S. was released on October 4, 2018. This report is a compilation of survey data regarding varieties planted and is the only publicly available report regarding percentage of total acres planted

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2018 Row Crop Short Course

👤Darrin Dodds 🕔14:00, 26.Oct 2018

The program for the 2018 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course has been finalized and over 350 people have already pre-registered for the event. The 2018 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center

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2019 MSU Short List of Suggested Corn Hybrids

👤Erick Larson, State Extension Specialist - Grain Crops 🕔20:58, 23.Oct 2018

This publication lists those corn hybrids which have demonstrated superior performance in the Mississippi Corn for Grain Hybrid Trials. No other source tests as many hybrids representing today’s market. Thus, this is a great starting point and barometer for you to judge hybrid performance and select the best hybrids for your farm.

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2018 Yield Summaries from the Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program

👤Erick Larson, State Extension Specialist - Grain Crops 🕔20:50, 23.Oct 2018

Mississippi State goes to great lengths to evaluate, assess and analyze corn hybrid performance. These Hybrid Demonstration trials are grown in numerous on-farm locations throughout the state where you can better evaluate hybrid performance of our region’s most elite hybrids. Grain yield results from this year’s trials are published here.

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A Rapid, Molecular Detection Method for the Cotton Bacterial Blight Organism, Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum, from Infected Cotton Plant Material Including Seed

👤Tom Allen, Extension Plant Pathologist 🕔09:44, 18.Oct 2018

Bacterial blight of cotton continues to be a disease of importance in the Mid-southern U.S. A project, sponsored by Cotton Incorporated, was recently completed and resulted in the development of a rapid, molecular diagnostic tool to detect the bacterium from infected cotton material. Even though the Mississippi Crop Situation blog is not the best venue for this type of post, the information contained in the post can reside here as a semi-permanent location for all interested parties to obtain the molecular diagnostic protocol since this project was sponsored by check-off funds.

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Keys to Producing High Yielding Wheat

👤Erick Larson, State Extension Specialist - Grain Crops 🕔15:53, 10.Oct 2018

Wheat can be a fairly consistent and productive crop which offers some benefits and diversity for your cropping system. This article will address several vital planting and fall management practices to employ to mitigate environmental limitations and optimize wheat productivity.

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2018 Row Crop Short Course

👤Darrin Dodds 🕔17:20, 9.Oct 2018

The program for the 2018 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course has been finalized and registration is open to those who would like to attend. The 2018 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference

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