Tag: Plant Growth Regulators
Mississippi Cotton: More on PGRs, Plus “A Little of Everything” – Podcast Aug 3, 2022
Jay Mahaffey, manager of The Learning Center with Bayer in Scott, MS, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for another deep dive on managing plant growth regulators in […]
Alabama Cotton: PGR Management and Adjustments Jul 15, 2022
We’ve suggested that high temperatures and plant stresses should moderate — that is, dial back the rate or delay the timing of — our PGR treatments. We have several studies […]
Tennessee Cotton: Managing Plant Growth Going Into July Jul 5, 2022
More times than not, when a cotton planter left a TN field in 2022, a thunderstorm bringing ~2″ of rain and cool weather would arrive 3 days later. I’ve walked […]
Mid-South Cotton: Variety Guide for Plant Growth Regulation Jul 5, 2022
The MidSouth Cotton Specialists’ Working Group has compiled the 2022 Cotton Variety Guide for Plant Growth Regulation. This information was constructed based on the MSCSWG’s experience with each of the […]
North Carolina: Cotton Beginning to Bloom – Pay Attention to Growth!! Jun 28, 2022
There have been a few reports of cotton beginning to bloom across the state. This is expected from earlier, late-April planted cotton, whereas several slightly later-planted fields are expected to […]
Mississippi Cotton: Early-Season Growth Regulators – Podcast Jun 27, 2022
Jay Mahaffey, manager of The Learning Center with Bayer in Scott, MS, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive into cotton management. Jay, Don, Tom, […]
Tennessee Cotton: PGR Use on Dry Acres, Farms with Mixed Maturity – Podcast Jun 22, 2022
We are quickly approaching the period of time in which we typically apply PGRs. Unfortunately, May was not kind and June has been dry. Many are struggling with figuring out […]
Florida Peanuts: Can Growth Regulators Boost Yields? Jul 29, 2021
Excessive peanut vine growth can be problematic in several ways. First, too much vine can increase disease because of the ability of the canopy to hold moisture and the inability […]
Tennessee Cotton: The Basics of Plant Growth Management – Video Mar 19, 2021
This video covers the basics of plant growth management in this video and we discuss some of the questions we are currently asked late in the year pertaining to PGRs- […]
North Carolina Cotton: 3 Common Questions About PGRs Aug 7, 2020
We’ve been getting a number of questions this week regarding the need for mepiquat-based PGRs applied to cotton at various growth stages at this point in the season. To be […]