Table of Contents

Research Participants

Background and General Description

Yield Comparisons of Subsurface Drip to Center Pivot Irrigated Cotton
James P. Bordovsky, Doug Nesmith, Joe Mustian, and Stacey Ontai

Drought Tolerant Corn Breeding
Wenwei Xu

Cotton Irrigation Management with SDI
James P. Bordovsky, Joe Mustian, and Megha Parajulee

Emitter Plugging Caused by Manganese Oxides in SDI Systems
James P. Bordovsky and Joe Mustian

The On-pivot Remote Sensing System for Site Specific Cotton Management
Stephen Maas

Influence of Cotton Cultivar and Planting Date on Arthropod Populations
Megha N. Parajulee, Andy M. Cranmer, James F. Leser, Padma L. Bommireddy,
Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll, and Mark D. Arnold

Influence of Three Irrigation Methods (LEPA, Overhead Spray, and Drip) on Seasonal Activity of Cotton Arthropods
Megha N. Parajulee, Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll, and James P. Bordovsky

Comparison of Conventional and Conservation Tillage Systems for Cotton
Wayne Keeling, John Everitt, Leanna Lyon, James P. Bordovsky, and Doug Nesmith

Variable Rate Irrigation of Cotton with LEPA
James P. Bordovsky, Steve Jackson, Sally J. Officer, and Robert J. Lascano

Narrow Row Cotton Evaluation
James Bordovsky, Doug Nesmith, Steve Jackson, Stacey Ontai and Joe Mustian

Variable Rate Irrigation of Corn
Sally J. Officer, Jill D. Booker, James P. Bordovsky, Eduardo Segarra, Ed Bynum,
and Robert J. Lascano

The Effect of Variable Rate Irrigation on Banks Grass Mite, Oligonychus pratensis (Banks), and Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatrea grandiosella (Dyar) Populations in Corn
Ed Bynum, Sally J. Officer, Jill D. Booker, James P. Bordvsky, Eduardo Segarra,
Robert J. Lascano and L.T. Wilson

Evaluation of Insecticide Treatments for Second Generation Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatrea grandiosella (Dyar), in Corn
Greg Cronholm

Replicated Transgenic Cotton Variety Demonstration Under LEPA Irrigation
Randy Boman, Mark Kelley, Mark Stelter, Doug Nesmith, James P. Bordovsky,
Danny Carmichael, John Everitt

Improving Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Drip-Irrigated Cotton
Kevin Bronson and James P. Bordovsky

Weed Management and Plant Growth Regulator Comparisons in Drip Irrigated Cotton
Wayne Keeling, John Everitt and Leanna Lyon