The entire 2008 Cotton Production Guide can be download as a PDF file by clicking the following link:
Cotton Production Guide, PDF format (zipped, 1.5 MB)

Individual chapters of the Guide can be viewed online by clicking items in the Table of Contents below.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The 2007 Crop Year In Review Cotton Economic and Policy Situation / Outlook Fertilization Variety Selection Planting Dates Plant and Fiber Development Plant Population / Seeding Rate Planting Insect Management Cotton Disease and Nematode Management Weed Management in Cotton Plant Growth Regulator Use Irrigation Defoliation, Harvesting and Storage Conservation Tillage Appendix I: Cotton Insect Control Appendix II: Fungicide Treatment Options for Seedling Disease Control in Cotton Appendix III: Nematode Threshold Levels for Cotton in Georgia Appendix IV: Treatment Options for Nematode Management in Cotton in Georgia Appendix V: Glyphosate Formulations Appendix VI: Cotton Weed Control Appendix VII: Weed Response to Burndown Herbicides Used in Cotton Weed Response to Herbicides Used in Cotton Appendix VIII: Herbicide Ingredients and Modes of Action Appendix IX: Cotton Defoliation / Harvest Aid Suggestions

EXTENSION COTTON TEAM
P. O. Box 748
Tifton, GA 31793

Steve M. Brown, Editor
Extension Agronomist-Cotton

Stanley Culpepper
Extension Agronomist-Weed Science

Glen Harris
Extension Agronomist-Soils and Fertilizer

Bob Kemerait
Extension Plant Pathologist

Phillip Roberts
Extension Entomologist

Don Shurley
Extension Ag Economist

Amanda Ziehl
Extension Ag Economist

PUBLICATION OF THE
2008 COTTON PRODUCTION GUIDE WAS FUNDED BY
GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION

ATTENTION!

PESTICIDE PRECAUTIONS

1.   Observe all directions, restrictions and precautions on pesticide labels. It is dangerous, wasteful and illegal to do otherwise.

2.   Store all pesticides in original containers with labels intact and behind locked doors. "KEEP PESTICIDES OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN."

3.   Use pesticides at correct label dosage and intervals to avoid illegal residues or injury to plants and animals.

4.   Apply pesticides carefully to avoid drift or contamination of non-target areas.

5.   Surplus pesticides and containers should be disposed of in accordance with label instructions so that contamination of water and other hazards will not result.

6.   Follow directions on the pesticide label regarding restrictions as required by State or Federal Laws and Regulations.

7.   Avoid any action that may threaten an Endangered Species or its habitat. Your county Extension agent can inform you of Endangered Species in your area, help you identify them, and through the Fish and Wildlife Service Field Office identify actions that may threaten Endangered Species or their habitat.

Trade and brand names are used only for information. The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension Service does not guarantee nor warrant the standard of any product mentioned neither does it imply approval of any product to the exclusion of others which may also be suitable.

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Crop & Soil Sciences

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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension works, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, The University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences and the U. S. Department of Agriculture cooperating.

J. Scott Angle, Dean and Director

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences