Scurry County Cotton Harvest Aid

2003 Scurry County Cotton Harvest aid Demonstration

Result Demonstration/Applied Research Report

2003 Scurry County
Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration
Cooperator: Morris Light

Stephen Biles, Extension Agent – IPM for Jones, Mitchell, Nolan and Scurry Counties
Greg Gruben, Scurry County Extension Agent–Agriculture
Dr. Billy Warrick, Extension Agronomist (San Angelo, Texas)

Table 1. Scurry County Cotton Harvest Aid Test, 2003
October 8, 2003 (14 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 four row plot–middle two rows represent the treatment area rated.)

Harvest Aid
Chemicals Applied
(2 rows of each)		 Rate Applied
Per Acre		 Cost of
Harvest Aid
Per Acre		 %
Open Bolls		 %
Defoliation		 %
Desiccation		 Regrowth Rating
Check — $0.00 75 1.7 d 0.0 d 1.3 cde
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 4 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $1.08 +
$0.51		 85 53.3 bc 13.3 ab 1.7 bcd
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.69 +
$0.51		 85  84.7 a 2.7 cd 2.7 a
Gramoxone® Max +
L.I.700		 10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.69 +
$0.70		 85 81.7 a 5.0 cd 2.3 ab
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.		 10 oz. +
16 oz.		 $2.69 +
$1.16		 85 83.3 a 6.7 bcd 2.3 ab
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 16 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $4.30 +
$0.51		 85 88.3 a 4.0 cd 2.3 ab
Gramoxone® Max +
L.I.700		 16 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $4.30 +
$0.70		 85 93.3 a 1.9 cd 2.0 abc
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.		 16 oz. +
16 oz.		 $4.30 + $1.16 85 92.7 a 3.3 cd 2.3 ab
Ginstar 4 oz. $5.88 85 58.3 bc 6.2 bcd 0.8 de
Ginstar 6 oz. $8.82 85 71.7 ab 5.0 cd 0.7 a
AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.82 +
$2.69 +
$0.51		 85 88.3 a 4.7 cd 1.7 bcd
AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.		 0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
16 oz.		 $2.82 +
$2.69 +
$1.16		 85 88.7 a 3.0 cd 1.7 bcd
AimTM +
C.O.C.		 1 oz. +
16 oz.		 $5.63 +
$1.16		 85 58.3 bc 16.7 a 1.7 bcd
ETTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce		 1 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.		 $2.81 +
$2.69 +
$0.51		 85 89.7 a 3.7 cd 1.7 bcd
ETTM +
C.O.C.		 2 oz. +
16 oz.		 $5.62 +
$1.16		 85 70.0 ab 10.0 abc 1.3 cde
Gramoxone® Max +
Prep +
Induce		 3.5 oz. +
16 oz. +
3.52 oz		 $0.94 +
$6.52 +
$0.51		 85 46.7 c 8.3 bc 2.0 abc

Acknowledgments

I want to take this opportunity to thank Morris Light 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.

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