TITLE:

            Effect of nematicide treatments on cotton yield at AG-CARES, Lamesa, TX, 2000.

 

AUTHORS:

 

Terry Wheeler, Danny Carmichael, Lionel Felts, Assistant Professor, Research Associate, Aventis CropScience

 

 

            Planting date:          8 May

            Variety:                     Paymaster 2326RR

            Replications:            3

            Plot size:                   four-rows wide, length ranged from 925 to 1694'

            Plant mapping:       20 plants/plot on 11 July

            Nematode sampling: 17 July

            Location:                  3rd and 4th spans in the conservation tillage (wheat-stubble) area.

Yield data was collected with a MicroTrak yield monitor on a four row stripper.

            Treatments:               1 = Orthene 90S applied on 30 May, 3.2 oz/acre

                                                2 = 3.5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting.

                                                3 = 5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting.

4 = 5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting and two applications of Vydate (8.5 oz/acre/application) applied at pinhead size square (16 June) and one week later.

5 = 5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting + 5 lbs/a side dress at pinhead size square.

6 = 5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting + 7.5 lbs/a side dress applied at pinhead size square.

7 = 5 lbs/a of Temik 15G applied at planting + 7.5 lbs/a side dress applied at pinhead size square using a rolling cultivator applicator.

 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:

 

There was no advantage to using Temik 15G in 2000 with respect to any plant mapping characteristics, nematode density or yield.

 

 


Treatment

lbs of lint/a

PMa

Height (in.)

Nodes

NAWFb

Squares

1

597

17,520

12.2

11.1

6.3

7.5

2

609

15,500

12.2

10.7

5.7

7.6

3

566

7,400

11.5

10.7

5.9

6.3

4

671

5,960

12.4

10.7

5.9

6.9

5

650

8,120

12.5

10.9

5.6

7.7

6

562

11,680

11.5

10.4

5.8

6.5

7

613

17,490

12.3

10.9

6.0

6.6

aPm is a root-knot nematode/pint of soil at midseason.

b NAWF is the nodes above white flower.