Result Demonstration/Applied Research Report


2003 Howard County
Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration
Cooperator: U.S.D.A. at Big Spring, Texas

Russell Baker, Extension Agent - IPM for Howard, Martin, and Midland Counties
Tommy Yeater, Howard County Extension Agent--Agriculture
Dr. Billy Warrick, Extension Agronomist (San Angelo, Texas)

Table 1. Howard County Cotton Harvest Aid Test, 2003
October 2, 2003 (14 days after treatments were applied)

(Note: By clicking on the underlined treatment names you can see the plot being rated.
The picture is taken in the center of a four row plot.)

Harvest Aid
Chemicals Applied
(2 rows of each)

Rate Applied
Per Acre

Cost of
Harvest Aid
Per Acre

%
Open Bolls


%
Defoliation


%
Desiccation

Regrowth
Rating
Top, Bottom

ETTM +
Induce

2 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$5.62 + $0.51

75

90

10

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

ETTM +
Gramoxone
® Max +
Induce

1 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.81 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

80

5

95

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
C.O.C.

1 oz. +
16 oz.

$5.63 +
$1.16

80

50

50

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
Gramoxone
® Max +
C.O.C.

0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
16 oz.

$2.82 +
$2.69 +
$1.16

75

10

90

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Check

--

$0.00

70

5

0

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
Gramoxone
® Max +
Induce

0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.82 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

85

5

95

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Ginstar

4 oz.

$5.88

85

80

20

Top= 0
Bottom= 0

Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.

16 oz. +
16 oz.

$4.30 +
$1.16

80

10

90

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

16 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$4.30 +
$0.51

85

10

90

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Gramoxone® Max +
L.I.700

16 oz. +
6.4 oz.

$4.30 +
$1.27

85

10

90

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.69 +
$0.51

80

15

85

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

4 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$1.08 + $0.51

85

95

5

Top= 3
Bottom= 3

AimTM +
C.O.C.

1.5 oz. +
16 oz.

$8.45 +
$1.16

85

15

85

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
Gramoxone
® Max +
Induce

1 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$5.63 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

85

20

80

Top= 0
Bottom= 1

Acknowledgments

I want to take this opportunity to thank U.S.D.A. in Big Spring, Texas for their help in plot establishment and management.

I would also like to thank the companies that provided the chemicals for this harvest aid test, these included:

Trade names of commercial products used in this report are included only for better understanding and clarity. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the Texas A&M University System is implied. Readers should realize that results from one experiment do not represent conclusive evidence that the same response would occur where conditions vary.