2003 Runnels County Cotton Harvest Aid

2003 Runnels County Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration

Result Demonstration/Applied Research Report

2003 Runnels County
Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration
Cooperator: Wesley Schraer

Rick Minzenmayer, Extension Agent – IPM for Runnels and Tom Green Counties
Marty Gibbs, Runnels County Extension Agent
Dr. Billy Warrick, Extension Agronomist (San Angelo, Texas)

Table 1. Runnels County Cotton Harvest Aid Test, 2003
September 16, 2003 (11 days after treatments were applied)

(Note: By clicking on the underlined treatment names you can see the plot being rated.
The picture is taken in the center of a two row plot.)

Harvest Aid
Chemicals Applied
(2 rows of each)		 Rate
Applied
Per Acre		 Cost of
Harvest Aid
Per Acre		 %
Open
Bolls		 %
Defoliation		 %
Desiccation		 Regrowth
Rating
Top, Bottom
Gramoxone® Max +
Miller Plex		 16 oz. +
2 oz.		 $4.30 +
$1.10		 40 60 30 Top= 2
Bottom= 1
Gramoxone® Max +
Miller Plex +
Induce		 16 oz. +
2 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $4.30 +
$1.10 +
$0.51		 40 60 30 Top= 2
Bottom= 1
Resource +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 4.6 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $5.46 +
$2.69 +
$0.51		 75 80 15 Top= 2
Bottom= 1
Gramoxone® Max +
Prep +
Induce		  3.5 oz. +
16 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $0.94 +
$6.52 +
$0.51		  90 80   0 Top= 2
Bottom= 2
ETTM +
Induce		 2.0 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $5.62 +
$0.51		 50 10 10 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
Check  — $0.00 50 2 0 Top= 0
Bottom= 0
ETTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 1.0 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.81 +
$2.69 +
$0.51		 80 70 24 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
AimTM +
C.O.C.		 1.0 oz. +
16 oz.		 $5.63 +
$1.16		 50  20 5 Top= 0
Bottom= 0
AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.		 0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
16 oz.		 $2.82 +
$2.69 +
$1.16		 70  90 10 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.82 +
$2.69 +
$0.51		  70 75  20 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
Ginstar 4 oz. $5.88 60 90 0 Top= 0
Bottom= 0
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.		 16 oz. +
16 oz.		 $4.30 +
$1.16		 90 75 24 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 16 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $4.30 +
$0.51		 85 75 24 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
Gramoxone® Max +
L.I.700		 16 oz. +
6.4 oz.		 $4.30 +
$1.27		 95 85 15 Top= 0
Bottom= 0
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.69 +
$0.51		 80  95 0 Top= 1
Bottom= 1
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 4 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $1.08 +
$0.51		 35 60 0 Top= 1
Bottom= 1

Acknowledgments

I want to take this opportunity to thank Wesley Schraer for his help in plot establishment and management. I would also like to thank the companies that provided the chemicals for this harvest aid test, these included:

  • Bayer Corporation who provided the Def, Finish, Ginstar, and Pre
  • FMC Corporation who provided the Aim
  • Nichino America who provided the ET
  • Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. who provided the Gramoxone Max
  • Valent U.S.A. Corporation who provided the Resource
  • Tri-State Chemical DBA United Agra Products (UAP) who provided the L.I. 700 and C.O.C. (Herbimax)
  • Helena Chemical Company who provided the Induce Trade names of commercial products used in this report are included only for better understanding and clarity. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the Texas A&M University System is implied. Readers should realize that results from one experiment do not represent conclusive evidence that the same response would occur where conditions vary.

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