Crop management in the age of glyphosate

Mississippi State University sent us the following press release today:

Crop production in the age of glyphosate will be the featured topic at Delta Field Day 2006 held in Stoneville, Miss., on Thursday, July 20, at the Delta Research and Extension Center, or DREC, Charles W. Capps Entrepreneurial Center.

Key discussions will be glyphosate drift and glyphosate resistant horseweed, Italian ryegrass, and pigweed.

“I think this should be an exciting Field Day,” said DREC head Joe Street. “Herbicide drift has certainly impacted Delta crops in 2006, and glyphosate resistant weeds are becoming a more common problem for producers. As part of the program, we will be addressing these issues and the strategies for controlling them.”

Other popular topics on the agenda are Asian soybean rust, plant bug and other insect control and biological control of nematodes in cotton, according to Street.

“Producers will be able to get the most up to date information on these and other important agronomic issues from Mississippi State and USDA –ARS researchers at the event,” said Street.

The station head said he wants to emphasize that Field Day will be indoors this year with the once standard field tours now an after lunch option for those interested.

“We’ve also chosen to make Field Day a one day event this year,” he said. “Both the cotton and corn sessions and the rice and soybean sessions will be held on the same day.”

Street said by utilizing the Capps Center, more effective presentations can be made over a shorter period of time.

Registration for Field Day 2006 will begin at 8 a.m. in the Capps Center lobby. General discussion topics will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 9:15 a.m. Rice and soybean sessions will run simultaneously with cotton and corn sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Lunch will be served at no cost to all participants, and posters and interactive displays will be exhibited throughout the morning.

Directions are available online at www.msstate.edu/dept/drec

For more information, contact location coordinator Jody Stovall at (662) 686-9311.