North Mississippi Research and Extension Center - Verona, Mississippi

2002 Annual Report
North Mississippi Research & Extension Center

MAFES Information Bulletin 398

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Introduction
Extension
Misc. Reports

MAFES RESEARCH REPORTS
Corn
Soybean
Cotton
Dairy
Beef
Forage & Water Quality
Sweetpotato
Vegetables & Culinary Herbs
Medicinal Herbs
Ornamentals
Fruits
Weather Data


Introduction

 

Overview of Center Activities in 2002

NMREC Personnel

Cooperating Personnel

Notice to users

Title Page

Stations, Units, and locations (NMREC)

Table of Contents (MAFES Info. Bull. 398)

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Extension

 

Restructuring
Family Consumer Sciences
4-H Youth Development
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Livestock
Swine Demonstration Unit
Aquaculture
Horticulture
Economic & Community Development
Pizza Farm

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Miscellaneous Reports

 

North Mississippi Garden Expo
Magnolia Botanical Garden
Foundation Sweetpotato Seed Program
Bacteria and Nutrients in Runoff.

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MAFES RESEARCH REPORTS

 


Corn

CORN HYBRIDS & ROW SPACING

 

Market development for no-tillage corn hybrids

BT/RR corn hybrid evaluation

Corn response to twin and narrow rows with selected seeding rates

Performance of bio-engineered corn hybrids

CORN ROTATION, TILLAGE, and FERTILITY

 

Corn and soybean response to rotation and tillage on a Prairie clay soil

Corn and soybean response to rotation and tillage on a Leeper silty clay loam soil

Residual fall paratill effect on corn yield

Corn response to foliar CoRoN applications with reduced N rates

Corn yield response to N rates in combination with HydraHume

CORN WEED CONTROL

 

Weed control in ClearfieldÆ corn hybrid

Pre and Post herbicide weed control in corn

RR-corn weed control

Herbicide system comparisons in no-tillage corn for broadleaf signalgrass control

Evaluation of mesotrione for weed control in no-tillage corn

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Soybean

SOYBEAN VARIETIES

 

Soybean maturity group III trial

Roundup and conventional soybean variety trials

Conventional soybean variety evaluation

Glyphosate tolerant group IV no-tillage soybean varieties

Glyphosate tolerant group V no-tillage soybean variety evaluation

Roundup Ready soybean varieties response to early planting

SOYBEAN PRODUCTION STUDIES

 

Soybean response to conventional and no tillage on a Prairie clay soil

Soybean yield response to residual fall paratill tillage on a Leeper silty clay soil

Soybean response to selected row spacing and low seeding rates

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Cotton

COTTON VARIETIES

 

Early and mid-season cotton variety trials

No-tillage cotton variety demonstration

Comparison of cotton cultivars for yield drag

COTTON PRODUCTION STUDIES

 

Cotton plant response to tillage systems

Residual deep tillage effect on cotton yield

Cotton response to tillage in a corn rotation system

Skip row planting patterns for cotton in the hills

Skip-row cotton response on a Leeper silty clay loam soil

Plant characteristics of ultra narrow row cotton

Comparing Yields Using Preemerge Herbicide in Roundup Ready Cotton

RR-cotton response to weed management systems

COTTON FERTILITY & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

 

Broiler litter as a nitrogen source for cotton

Carry over nitrogen from a previous year clover crop

Cotton response to foliar nutrient application

Evaluation of compact ion meter for measurements of nitrogen in cotton petiole

Evaluation of Minolta K ion meter on cotton petiole samples

Evaluation of chlorophyll meter for nitrogen management in cotton

Cotton response to HydraHume with reduced N rates

COTTON INSECTICIDES

 

Evaluation of insecticides for control of tarnished plant bug caged on cotton

Field evaluation of insecticides for management of tarnished plant bugs in Leflore County, Miss.

Evaluation of early season applications of insecticide on cotton

Comparison of seed treatments and aldicarb rates for thrips control in cotton

Comparison of seed treatments and aldicarb rates for thrips control in cotton ñ trial II

Evaluation of fungicide and insecticide treated cotton seed for thrips management

Evaluation of Bollgard II cotton in comparison with DP5415 and NUCOTTN 33B

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Dairy

 

The impact of tunnel ventilation cooling and BMR corn silage on heat stress in lactating dairy cows

The potential for subclinical ammonia toxicity in dairy cows housed with a tunnel ventilation cooling system: Year 1

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Beef

 

The effect of 0%, 10% and 20% levels of TASCO meal, delivered in a complete mineral mixture, on horn fly numbers, body temperature, respiration rate, hair score and calf immunoglobulin levels in crossbred beef cows

Ecology of antimicrobial resistance of enteric E. coli and Salmonella in beef cattle treated with antibiotics

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Forage & Water Quality

 

A survey of the total fecal coloforms, E. coli, and fecal streptococci in water collected from sites with and without beef cattle

Evaluation of fungus infected, fungus free and novel endophyte fescues as roughage sources for developing replacement heifers

Gamagrass, an Alternative Silage Crop

Eastern gamagrass response to nitrogen fertilizer

Seed production of eastern gamagrass as influenced by nitrogen fertilization

Yield and nutrient uptake of tropical forages receiving broiler litter

USDA-ARS erosion control and water quality studies at Holly Springs, MS

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Sweetpotato

SWEETPOTATO FERTILITY STUDIES

 

Evaluation of foliar applied nutrients in sweetpotato

Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and lime increase yield of sweetpotato

Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and boron affected yield of sweetpotato

Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and zinc effects on yield of sweetpotato

Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and copper effects on yield of sweetpotato

Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and sulfur effects on yield of sweetpotato

SWEETPOTATO WEED & INSECT CONTROL

 

Effect of Sandea application timing on sweetpotato

Herbicide systems for sweetpotato weed control in the delta of Mississippi

Evaluation of soil-applied insecticides for control of pests in sweet potato: Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Evaluation of foliarly applied insecticides for control of pests in sweet potato: Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi

Sweetpotato insect research report for northeast Mississippi Research and Extension Center ñ pheromone trapping ñ 2002

Evaluation of foliarly applied insecticides for control of pests in sweet potato at the Ferguson farm, Pontotoc County, Miss. 2002

Evaluation of soil-applied insecticides for control of pests in sweet potato in Pontotoc County, Miss.

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Vegetables & Culinary Herbs

 

Pumpkin fungicide trial: Verona 2002

Heat and water stress limit yield of three cultivars of lima bean

Simple strategies for promoting earliness in fresh-market tomatoes

Evaluation of elongated and oval triploid (seedless) watermelon genotypes

Asparagus cultivar evaluation: second-year harvest

Mississippi medallion purple basil trial

Mississippi medallion grape tomato trial

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Medical Herbs

 

Mulch type, mulch depth, and planting depth for field-grown mayapple: First-year results

The effect of shade on growth and podophyllotoxin content of mayapple

Growth and lignan content of field-established mayapple

Growth of transplanted mayapple: Effect of propagule type and planting time

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Ornamentals

 

Cut flower production in Mississippi

Production Cost for Selected Varieties of Cut Flowers in Mississippi

Effect of spacing on sunflower production

Growth regulation of basil bedding plants by withholding phosphorus

Effect of supplemental organic amendments on ornamental plant growth

Viola cultivar evaluation

Pansy cultivar evaluation

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Fruits

 

Frost hardy peach cultivars

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Weather Data

 

The 2002 ten-day average maximum and minimum air and soil temperatures (F) at the MAFES Northeast Branch, Verona, MS

Daily rainfall in 2002 at the MAFES Northeast Branch, Verona, MS

Ten-day average (F0) maximum and minimum air temperatures in 2002 at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Experiment Station, Pontotoc, MS

Dailly rainfall (inches) in 2002 at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Experiment Station, Pontotoc, MS

Thirty-year (1972-2002) monthly rainfall summary at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Experiment Station, Pontotoc, MS.

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