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Posts From Whitney Crow, Extension Entomologist

Sorghum Midge Scouting and Management

Sorghum Midge Scouting and Management Updated

🕔07:12, 9.Jul 2021

Often times, people think scouting for midge is difficult, mostly due to a lack of confidence. However, if you know what you are looking for and not finding anything, the likelihood is they simply aren’t there. High numbers of midge

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Heliothine Moth Trap Catches, July 8, 2021

Heliothine Moth Trap Catches, July 8, 2021 Updated

🕔17:12, 8.Jul 2021

Bollworm moth catches in pheromone traps were similar or lower than last week, and continue to be lower than long-term average catches. However isolated traps sometimes catch large numbers of moths, so while the overall state should not have a

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Plant Bug Management in Cotton (Podcast)

Plant Bug Management in Cotton (Podcast) Updated

🕔15:27, 8.Jul 2021

Angus Catchot visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about plant bugs in cotton with Jeff, Jason, and Tom. They cover recent plant bug numbers, management strategies, economic thresholds, and insecticide selection and timings.

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Rice Weed Control with Eric Webster (Podcast)

Rice Weed Control with Eric Webster (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:27, 6.Jul 2021

  Eric Webster from the LSU AgCenter calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to visit about rice weed control in 2021.  Eric, Jason, and Tom talk about Provisia and MaxAce rice research and compare thoughts on row rice production. 

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Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – July 3, 2021

Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – July 3, 2021 Updated

🕔11:14, 3.Jul 2021

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Heliothine Trap Catches, July 2, 2021

Heliothine Trap Catches, July 2, 2021 Updated

🕔14:15, 2.Jul 2021

Bollworm and tobacco budworm moth catches continued to be average to below average this week in all locations. However, as corn matures past the point where it is attractive to bollworms, more of these moths will begin laying their eggs

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Managing Diseases in Peanuts (Podcast)

Managing Diseases in Peanuts (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:34, 1.Jul 2021

Brendan Zurweller sits down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about disease management in peanut. Topics include identification of southern blight, Rhizoctonia limb rot, and early leaf spot as well as scouting, management, and fungicide application

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Crop Replanting Options after the Flood (Podcast)

Crop Replanting Options after the Flood (Podcast) Updated

🕔13:01, 28.Jun 2021

    Dr. Erick Larson and Dr. Trent Irby discuss realistic options for planting crops where existing corn and soybean crops have been destroyed by the recent flooding in Mississippi. These options include corn, sorghum, and soybeans.

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Commodity Marketing (Podcast)

Commodity Marketing (Podcast) Updated

🕔13:00, 28.Jun 2021

Brian Mills and Will Maples sit down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to discuss commodity marketing.   Brian and Will run through scenarios for the upcoming national acreage reports and market projections for our major commodities.  They also discuss strategies

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Alert: Poor Control of Fall Armyworm Across the State – Soybean and Rice

Alert: Poor Control of Fall Armyworm Across the State – Soybean and Rice Updated

🕔11:10, 26.Jun 2021

We have had numerous calls over the last week or two about poor control of fall armyworm with pyrethroids.  They started in the southern part of the state and have rapidly expanded north.  The assumption has been that we are

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Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 26, 2021

Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 26, 2021 Updated

🕔09:47, 26.Jun 2021

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Heliothine Pheromone Trap Catches, June 24, 2021

Heliothine Pheromone Trap Catches, June 24, 2021 Updated

🕔16:09, 24.Jun 2021

Bollworm moth catches were up slightly from last week in the Delta region but down in the Hills region. Overall, both bollworm and tobacco budworm moth catches were below average for the week.

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Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 19, 2021

Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 19, 2021 Updated

🕔07:12, 19.Jun 2021

Corn borer trap numbers were variable and fairly low throughout the state this week.

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Impact of Effective Thrips Management.

Impact of Effective Thrips Management. Updated

🕔11:46, 18.Jun 2021

Not much has changed in regard to foliar thrips management in cotton. There are still limited options which include acephate, Bidrin, Dimethoate, Intrepid Edge, and Radiant.  These products provide various amount of control and in some area of the Midsouth

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Heliothine Trap Counts, June 17, 2021

Heliothine Trap Counts, June 17, 2021 Updated

🕔15:19, 17.Jun 2021

Bollworm and tobacco budworm moth catches were both up slightly during the last week at most locations. Densities are much lower than last year at this time. Compared to long-term averages, bollworm catches are low in the Delta region and

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Rice Insects and Diseases (Podcast)

Rice Insects and Diseases (Podcast) Updated

🕔13:33, 17.Jun 2021

Jason, Tom, and Jeff sit down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about rice management. They discuss the situation with the use of propiconazole-containing fungicides, increased rice water weevil pressure after the early-June flooding, and predictions

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In-season Fertilizers for Cotton

In-season Fertilizers for Cotton Updated

🕔12:11, 15.Jun 2021

Brian Pieralisi and Justin McCoy sit down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about fertility in cotton.  They discuss rates, sources, and timings for nitrogen, sulfur, and potassium fertilizers.

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Questions to Answer after Flooding (Podcast)

Questions to Answer after Flooding (Podcast) Updated

🕔14:40, 14.Jun 2021

Mississippi State Extension crops specialists spend time talking about potential questions that may arise after the water recedes from the severe flooding experienced in parts of Mississippi in June 2021.  Topics discussed are corn beginning at 4:28, cotton at 12:37,

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Heliothine Pheromone Traps, June 11, 2021

Heliothine Pheromone Traps, June 11, 2021 Updated

🕔13:45, 11.Jun 2021

Pheromone trap catches for bollworm moths in Mississippi were steady to slightly higher this week while tobacco budworm trap catches remained low. Overall the trap catches were at or below historical averages for this time of year.

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Cover Crop Research in Corn (Podcast)

Cover Crop Research in Corn (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:48, 10.Jun 2021

Erick Larson visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to relate some preliminary findings from a cover crop project funded through the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board. Topics include choice of cover crop species, termination timing in the spring, and

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Taproot Decline in Soybean (Podcast)

Taproot Decline in Soybean (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:31, 8.Jun 2021

Trey Price with the LSU AgCenter sits down in the Crop Doctor’s Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his experiences with taproot decline of soybean in Louisiana.

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Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 4, 2021

Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – June 4, 2021 Updated

🕔09:35, 5.Jun 2021

Southwestern corn borer numbers have been very low (0-2 per trap) across the state to date.  We are not reporting the table of trap counts for each county this week, but will start posting county numbers next week.  One trap

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Heliothine Trap Catches, June 4, 2021

Heliothine Trap Catches, June 4, 2021 Updated

🕔06:53, 4.Jun 2021

Whitney Crow and I have placed pheromone traps for bollworm (corn earworm) and tobacco budworm in several Mississippi counties again this year and I will be reporting the catches weekly throughout the rest of the growing season. Coahoma county only

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Corn Pathology with the LSU AgCenter’s Trey Price (Podcast)

Corn Pathology with the LSU AgCenter’s Trey Price (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:08, 1.Jun 2021

Trey Price visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss a variety of topics related to diseases of corn, including Curvularia leaf spot, common rust, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust.

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Tassel N Fertilization in Corn and Tissue Analysis for Nutrients Updated

🕔11:56, 25.May 2021

Justin McCoy from the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about nitrogen fertilization on corn prior to tasseling.  He also lays out details on tissue sampling for nutrient analysis in

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