AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Horn flies can become a major issue for cattle during the summer. Commonly used fly control methods include spra...
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The Flatheaded Appletree Borer (Chrysobothris femorata) and its close relatives are trunk and branch boring beetles. These are problemat...
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Despite the unusually cold spring weather, grapes are developing on schedule and fruit cluster blooming is fast approaching (Figure 1). Grap...
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Beneficial insects provide an underappreciated role in pest management. Common beneficial arthropods in production agriculture are often com...
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Southern root-knot nematodes can cause significant economic damage to sweet potato crops. Learn how to recognize their damage, distribut...
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Hemp is a new crop for Alabama and for the United States. With the 2014 Farm Bill’s Pilot Program, many states began producing hem...
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Muscadine grapes are a very popular local fruit with distinctive aromas and flavors. Fresh muscadines grapes are five to ten times higher in...
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Introduction
A research team with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Auburn University College of Agriculture recently employ...
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The new cotton expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin Cry51Aa2, commercially trademarked as ThryvOn and developed by Bayer Crop Sc...
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The Alabama Crops Insect Report contains some the latest information on insect activity in the state's major row crops. These updates come f...
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Leaf spots and peanut rust are significant fungal diseases of peanuts in Alabama. Adopting integrated pest management (IPM) strategies can r...
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Learn benefits of various nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) indices in dryland corn production. Know how to calculate and compare indices for cr...
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