12173 Crop Protection and Tillage – Focusing Management to Build Sustainable Cotton Systems – Year Three

Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Marquis Imperial B (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Marquis Imperial B (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Marquis Imperial B (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Tina Gray Teague , Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Jennifer Bouldin , Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Calvin R. Shumway , Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Archie Flanders , University of Arkansas
Steven Green , Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Richard Warby , Arkansas State University
D. Keith Morris , Arkansas State University
A long term cotton systems study to assess agronomic, economic and environmental impacts of soil conservation and pest management was initiated in NE Arkansas at the Judd Hill Foundation Research Farm in fall 2007. This report will summarize results from 2010 component studies with pest control programs across three different tillage systems: conventional, no-till and a wheat/clover cover crop system. Pest control programs included automatic applications of insecticides for tarnished plant bug control,  as well as an integrated pest management (IPM) approach with intensive pest and crop monitoring.