Using Kernel Counts to Estimate Corn Yield Potential
Determining Yield Potential By Assessing Ears at or Near Dent Stage The following procedures can be used to assess potential …
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Should We Worry About Earworms in Bt Corn?
Earworm populations (known as bollworm in cotton) were relatively low in our system from 2011 to 2016. Arguably, at …
Scout Corn Now to Prevent Ear Damage From Stink Bugs
Corn is susceptible to damage at three stages (roughly): V1 to V6, V14 to VT and R1 to R4. …
Impact of Persistent and Heavy Rainfall on Corn
How has this recent storm and heavy rainfall impacted Corn? In North Carolina persistent and intense rainfall events often occur …
Should You Tank Mix Herbicide / Nitrogen With Insecticide to Control Stink Bugs in Corn?
Should you tank mix herbicides or nitrogen with insecticide to control stink bugs in corn? To be short and …
New Stink Bug Thresholds in Corn
A recent NC State University graduate student, Arun Babu, has worked to generate new thresholds for stink bugs in …
Time to Check for Corn Seedling Insect Pests (Billbugs, Stink Bugs, White Grubs, Wireworms)
Almost no one scouts their corn until it is too late. While insecticide seed treatments work some of the …
Are Insecticidal Seed Treatments and In-Furrow Insecticides Worth It in Corn?
Are insecticidal seed treatments and in-furrow insecticides worth it in corn? Our evidence from North Carolina is mixed. The …
Insecticide Choice for Stink Bugs in Corn
Our laboratory recently completed a vial bioassay with brown stink bugs collected from wheat. These are the same stink …
Manage Stink Bugs in Corn Before It Tassels
Stink bug pressure on seedling corn has not been heavy this year, even though a lot survived the relatively …
Insecticide Efficacy Results for Corn, Cotton and Soybeans
Extension entomologists are surveyed yearly across the Cotton Belt for how well insecticides and Bt crops are working. These …
Scouting and Managing Stink Bugs in Seedling Corn
Article written by Dominic Reisig and Arun Babu: Stink bugs can injure corn during the seedling stage, leading to tillering, …
Stink Bugs Moving Into Corn
Folks have noted stink bugs moving into corn rapidly over the past week across the Coastal Plain. This is …
How to Avoid a Stink Bug Disaster in Corn
Stink bug pressure is already heavy this year. A lot of seedling injury has been reported (see previous article). …
Poor Quality Corn Could Be From Seedling Insect Pests
Over the past two weeks, there have been a flood of reports of seedling insect pests of corn. I’ve …
North Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Adaptation Work Group Needs Your Help
Dear North Carolina Commodity Crop Producers, North Carolina produces more tobacco and sweet potatoes than any other state and ranks …
Be on the Lookout for a New Invasive Aphid of Wheat
It’s been a while since we’ve had a new invasive pest of wheat, but an aphid, Sipha maydis, has …