2003 Tom Green County Harvest Aid Demonstration
Result Demonstration/Applied Research Report
2003 Tom Green County
Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration
Cooperator: Andrew Wilde
Rick Minzenmayer, Extension Agent – IPM for Runnels and Tom Green Counties
Dr. Billy Warrick, Extension Agronomist (San Angelo, Texas)
Table 1. Tom Green County Cotton Harvest Aid Test, 2003
September 18, 2003 (8 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 + Induce |
10 oz. + 2 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$2.69 + $1.10 + $0.51 |
100 | 70 | 15 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Gramoxone® Max + Miller Plex + Induce |
16 oz. + 2 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$4.30 + $1.10 + $0.51 |
100 | 70 | 25 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| ETTM + Induce |
2.0 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$5.62 + $0.51 |
100 | 70 | 5 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| ETTM + Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
1.0 oz. + 10 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$2.81 + $2.69 + $0.51 |
95 | 75 | 20 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| AimTM + C.O.C. |
1.0 oz. + 16 oz. |
$5.63 + $1.16 |
100 | 15 | 35 | Top= 1 Bottom= 2 |
| AimTM + Gramoxone® Max + C.O.C. |
0.5 oz. + 10 oz. + 16 oz. |
$2.82 + $2.69 + $1.16 |
100 | 75 | 15 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Check | — | $0.00 | 95 | 5 | 0 | Top= 1 Bottom= 1 |
| AimTM + Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
0.5 oz. + 10 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$2.82 + $2.69 + $0.51 |
95 | 80 | 5 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Ginstar | 4 oz. | $5.88 | 90 | 60 | 0 | Top= 1 Bottom= 1 |
| Gramoxone® Max + C.O.C. |
16 oz. + 16 oz. |
$4.30 + $1.16 |
100 | 80 | 10 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
16 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$4.30 + $0.51 |
100 | 80 | 20 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Gramoxone® Max + L.I.700 |
16 oz. + 6.4 oz. |
$4.30 + $1.27 |
100 | 90 | 10 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
10 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$2.69 + $0.51 |
100 | 70 | 10 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
4 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$1.08 + $0.51 | 100 | 60 | 2 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
| AimTM + C.O.C. |
1.5 oz. + 16 oz. |
$8.45 + $1.16 |
100 | 65 | 20 | Top= 1 Bottom= 1 |
| AimTM + Gramoxone® Max + Induce |
1.0 oz. + 10 oz. + 3.52 oz. |
$5.63 + $2.69 + $0.51 |
100 | 75 | 10 | Top= 2 Bottom= 2 |
Acknowledgments
I want to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Wilde 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 Prep
- FMC Corporation who provided the Aim
- Nichino America who provided the ET
- Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. who provided the Gramoxone Max
- 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.