Stalk Application As an Alternative Method of Applying Cotton Harvest Aids

Wednesday, January 6, 2021: 4:00 PM
Josh McGinty , Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Clinton Livingston , Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Gaylon Morgan , Cotton Incorporated
This paper will summarize efforts to use stalk application methods to apply herbicides and cotton harvest aid materials as an alternative to traditional foliar applications used to prepare the crop for harvest. The main goal was to see if we could achieve acceptable levels of defoliation without applying these materials to the lint or seed.