Result Demonstration/Applied Research Report

2003 Tom Green County
Cotton Harvest Aid Demonstration
Cooperator: Andrew Wilde

Rick Minzenmayer, Extension Agent - IPM for Runnels and Tom Green Counties
Dr. Billy Warrick, Extension Agronomist (San Angelo, Texas)

Table 1. Tom Green County Cotton Harvest Aid Test, 2003
September 18, 2003 (8 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 two 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

Gramoxone® Max +
Miller Plex +
Induce

10 oz. +
2 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.69 +
$1.10 +
$0.51

100

70

15

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Gramoxone® Max +
Miller Plex +
Induce

16 oz. +
2 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$4.30 +
$1.10 +
$0.51

100

70

25

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

ETTM +
Induce

2.0 oz. + 3.52 oz.

$5.62 + $0.51

100

70

5

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

ETTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

1.0 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.81 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

95

75

20

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

AimTM +
C.O.C.

1.0 oz. +
16 oz.

$5.63 +
$1.16

100

15

35

Top= 1
Bottom= 2

AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.

0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
16 oz.

$2.82 +
$2.69 +
$1.16

100

75

15

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Check

--

$0.00

95

5

0

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

0.5 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.82 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

95

80

5

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Ginstar

4 oz.

$5.88

90

60

0

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

Gramoxone® Max +
C.O.C.

16 oz. +
16 oz.

$4.30 +
$1.16

100

80

10

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

16 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$4.30 +
$0.51

100

80

20

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Gramoxone® Max +
L.I.700

16 oz. +
6.4 oz.

$4.30 +
$1.27

100

90

10

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$2.69 +
$0.51

100

70

10

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

4 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$1.08 + $0.51

100

60

2

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

AimTM +
C.O.C.

1.5 oz. +
16 oz.

$8.45 +
$1.16

100

65

20

Top= 1
Bottom= 1

AimTM +
Gramoxone® Max +
Induce

1.0 oz. +
10 oz. +
3.52 oz.

$5.63 +
$2.69 +
$0.51

100

75

10

Top= 2
Bottom= 2

Acknowledgments

I want to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Wilde for his 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.