T-Y IPM NEWS

news about integrated pest management in Terry and Yoakum counties
Scott A. Russell, EA-IPM
Telephone: (806) 637-4060
Mobile: (806) 893-1041
Fax: (806) 637-2588
E-Mail: sarussel@tamu.edu   http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm  
Vol. 2, No. 13
209 South Fifth Street, Brownfield, TX 79316
September 12, 2001

General Situation:
Cotton fields across the area have numerous open bolls. We have quit scouting fields for insect pests. All fields have matured well and it would be very difficult for any pest problem to get started at this time. There have been very few fields treated for cotton aphids. No aphid populations have been observed in any of the scouting program fields.

Defoliation has started. One ginner commented that a couple of fields are ready to strip and the producer is just waiting on the harvest crew to get back from fishing. Defoliation is also a good time to control weeds, consider tank mixing products (as per label instructions) for reduced weed numbers next spring.

The 2001 High Plains and Northern Rolling Plains Cotton Harvest-Aid Guide is available at the County Extension office or on the internet at:

http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm/AgWeb/newsletters/
Focus2001/September%207/Sept7_Issue13.html.

This a link in the last issue of Focus, to the PDF version of the harvest-aid guide.

 

Up Coming Events:

Cotton Field Day, September 14, A.M. Will meet at the Tokio Coop Gin, contact either the Terry County or Yoakum County Extension office for more information.

West Texas Ag Chem Conference, September 19, Lubbock

Terry County Farm Tour, September 20, the tour buses will leave from the First Baptist Church parking lot (Brownfield) at 9:00 A.M.

West Texas Peanut Growers Research Farm Tour, the morning of September 21, contact either the Terry County or Yoakum County Extension office for more details.

T-Y IPM News is a publication of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service IPM Program in Terry and Yoakum Counties.
Editor: Scott A. Russell
EA-IPM,
Terry & Yoakum Counties		 Production: Bea Pippin


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