Mississippi Crop Situation

Do Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments Have Value Regionally in Soybeans?

👤Angus Catchot, Extension Entomologist 🕔14:34, 31.Oct 2014

There has been a tremendous amount of scrutiny put on the neonicotinoid class of chemistry in recent years because of the potential link to declines in bee numbers. Researchers are working feverishly across the nation and the globe to determine the exact causes of bee decline. No doubt pesticides can and likely play a role to some degree, but there are many factors that also influence bee health such as habitat loss, Varroa mites, and diseases.

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Not all Boll Rots are caused by Bacterial Blight

👤Tom Allen, Extension Plant Pathologist 🕔06:42, 31.Oct 2014

Boll rot appeared to be a common occurrence in numerous cotton fields at the end of the 2014 season. However, not all boll rot can be attributed to bacterial blight, especially in situations where the disease was not observed prior to harvest. Secondary fungal infection can ultimately obscure the observable boll symptoms associated with bacterial blight. Keep this in mind when scouting fields at the end of the season as bacterial blight boll lesions can oftentimes be obscured by secondary fungal invaders.

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2015 MSU Short List of Suggested Corn Hybrids

👤Erick Larson, State Extension Specialist - Grain Crops 🕔16:55, 30.Oct 2014

This effort lists those corn hybrids which have demonstrated superior productivity in the MSU Corn for Grain Hybrid Trials. Approximately 80 corn hybrids representing the vast majority of seed companies in the Mid-South participate in the MSU hybrid trials. This information should help you better assess corn hybrid productivity and improve your success in future seasons for either irrigated or dryland culture.

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2014 North MS Research and Extension Center Soybean Disease Ratings UPDATED 11/17/2014

👤Tom Allen, Extension Plant Pathologist 🕔22:16, 27.Oct 2014

Variety trials were rated at the NMREC to determine the sensitivity of MG IV and V soybean varieties to frogeye leaf spot as well as Cercospora blight. Varieties were using a 0-9 scale where 0=no disease and 9=severe disease symptoms. Yield data will be available in a few weeks as this post only contains the analyzed rating values for the varieties contained in the trial at Verona.

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MEA-MAPPAN Joint Annual Meeting, October 20-21, 2014

👤Fred Musser, Research Entomologist 🕔17:58, 14.Oct 2014

The Mississippi Entomological Association and the Mississippi Association of Plant Pathologists and Nematologists will be holding their joint annual meeting on October 20-21, 2014 at the Bost Extension Center at Mississippi State University. The meeting is open to all. Registration

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2014 Preliminary Rice Variety Trial Data

👤Bobby Golden, Rice and Soil Fertility, DREC, Mississippi State University 🕔08:19, 13.Oct 2014

Find below the Preliminary version of the 2014 Small Plot Official Rice Variety Trial. During 2014, small plot rice variety trials were conducted near the following locations; Choctaw, Clarksdale, Drew, Hollandale, Shaw, Stoneville, and Tunica. Variety trial data is presented

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Keys for Seeding High Yielding Wheat

👤Erick Larson, State Extension Specialist - Grain Crops 🕔14:05, 10.Oct 2014

Wheat can be successfully established and grown using many planting methods, but several management practices can certainly enhance your potential for growing a productive crop this season. Those practices include timely planting, appropriate seeding rates and methods, suitable seedbed preparation and fall weed control.

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2014 Row Crop Short Course

👤Darrin Dodds 🕔15:53, 6.Oct 2014

On behalf of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, we would like to cordially invite you to attend the 2014 Row Crop Short Course to be held at the Bost Extension Center on the campus of Mississippi State University from

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