Texas Cooperative Extension Service

The Texas A&M University System

Plains Pest Management Newsletter

News about Integrated Pest Management in Hale-Swisher Counties.
Greg Cronholm, Extension Agent - IPM, 122 East 6th, P.O. Box 680, Plainview, TX., 79073-0680, 806-291-5273

Web Site: http://entowww.tamu.edu
Vol. XXIV, No. 15

  
E-Mail: g-cronholm@tamu.edu
September 7, 2001

CROP AND DRIP IRRIGATION TOUR

Texas Cooperative Extension will sponsor a Crop and Drip Irrigation Tour beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Halfway, TX. The Experiment Station is located 14 miles west of Plainview on Highway 70. Researchers and specialists will be available to give an overview and answer questions. Below is the tentative agenda.

Tour Schedule

9:00 Stretching Limited Water in a Cotton/Sorghum Rotation & Sunflower Research, Halfway Experiment Station, Dr. Calvin Trostle, Ext. Agronomist, Jim Bordovsky, Ag. Engineer, TAES

9:45 Drip Irrigation Research, Helms Farm - Halfway - Jim Bordovsky, Ag Engineer, TAES

10:25 Leave for Ed Vadder Farm - Plainview

10:50 Drip Irrigation - Cotton - Ed Vadder, Ricky Kelm, Dr. Dana Porter, Extension Ag Engineer\Irrigation Specialist, Dr. Randy Boman, Extension Cotton Specialist

11:30 Cotton Defoliation Questions - Dr. Randy Boman, Extension Cotton Specialist

West Texas Ag. Chem Conference

The 49th annual conference will be held on Wednesday, September 19 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The conference has been approved for 5 CEU's for those holding a TDA pesticide applicator's license. A $70 registration fee can be paid at the door. An agenda of the conference is attached.

SORGHUM

A few sorghum midge continue to be reported in late blooming sorghum. Scout for this pest daily until the bloom cycle is complete.

Lygus bugs remain the most abundant pest in sorghum. Sorghum in the hard dough stage should be safe from damage. False chinch bugs remain spotty in area fields. These two pests remain a concern in seed production fields due to their potential to reduce germination of seed.

Sugarcane rootstock weevils have been found in several fields, but significant lodging has not been observed. I have observed lodging due to Fusarium stalk rot, but it has been minor and not widespread.

 

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