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Comparison of Standard and Reduced Production Inputs on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. Dale Monks ,
Michael G. Patterson ,
Barry L. Freeman  and
Bobby E. Norris
C. Dale Monks
Affiliation:
Agron. and Soils Dep., Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., AL 36849
Michael G. Patterson
Affiliation:
Agron. and Soils Dep., Ala. Agric. Exp. Stn., Auburn Univ., AL 36849
Barry L. Freeman
Affiliation:
Dep. Ento., Ala. Coop. Ext. Ser., Decatur, AL 35602
Bobby E. Norris
Affiliation:
Tenn. Valley Substation, Belle Mina, AL 35615
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Abstract

Field trials were conducted from 1991 to 1993 in the northern cotton-producing area of Alabama to evaluate the interaction of various production inputs for pest management and cotton development, maturity, and yield. Two levels of tillage (conventional and no-till), herbicide (1.12 and 2.24 kg ai ha−1 fluometuron, preemergence, with post-directed herbicides), insecticide (0.5 and 0.85 kg ai ha−1 aldicarb, in-furrow), and fungicide (0.9 kg ai ha−1 quintozene plus ethridazole, in-furrow or 0.14 kg ai ha−1 metalaxyl, hopper-box) programs were evaluated. The inputs investigated did not interact significantly to change the overall production strategy. Prickly sida required a higher level of herbicide input than did the entireleaf/ivyleaf morningglory complex. Both species were sufficiently controlled using reduced levels of fluometuron without sacrificing yield; however, cultivation was necessary in conventional tillage treatments to maintain control. A postemergence-directed herbicide treatment was also necessary for weed control, regardless of tillage. Decreasing the levels of each input simultaneously did not interact to affect cotton stand, height, early-season thrips counts, cotton maturity, or yield. Cotton was shorter in no-till than conventional plots.

Keywords

aldicarb, 2-methyl-2-(methylthio) propionaldehyde-O-(methylcarbamoyl) oximeethridazole, 5-ethoxy-3-(trichloromethyl)-1,2,4-thiadiazolefluometuron, N, N-dimethyl-N′-[3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ureaglyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycinemetalaxyl, N-(2,6-dimcthylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetal) alanine methyl esterquintozene, pentachloroni-trobenzonecotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., ‘DPL-50,’ ‘DPL-51’entireleaf morningglory, Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula Gray ♯ IPOHGivyleaf morningglory, Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. ♯ IPOHEprickly sida, Sida spinosa L. ♯ SIDSPthrips spp., Frankliniella spp.Integrated cropping systemsIPOHEIPOHGSIDSP
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Weed Management
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Weed Science , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 911 - 914
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Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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