Category: Agronomic Crops

Visual Guide to Soybean Growth Stages

Apr 29, 2022 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Soybean

Identifying soybean growth stages is essential for proper crop management of pests, irrigation, and fertility. This guide will help growers, consultants, extension, and research personnel correctly...

Japanese Beetle as a Pest of Field Corn

Feb 14, 2022 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn

Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is a generalist pest capable of feeding on over 300 different plant species, many of which are of economic importance.1 One of the main crops that Japanese beetle...

Managing Insect Pests in Field Corn using Transgenic Bt Technology

Jan 3, 2022 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn

Much of the field corn produced in the United States expresses an insecticidal toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that helps the plant control or suppress insect pests without the need for...

Volunteer Peanut Control in Corn and Cotton

Aug 31, 2021 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn, Cotton, Peanut

Crops that emerge from seed left over from the previous season harvest are considered weeds in subsequent cropping cycles. In the case of peanuts, pods that detach from the pegs/vines during the...

Corn Earworm as a Pest of Field Corn

Jul 21, 2021 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn, IPM

Corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, is the most common aboveground pest of corn in the southeastern United States.1 It is also a significant pest of many other cultivated crops in the Southeast,...

Reconditioning and Disposition of Aflatoxin-Contaminated Peanut: A Guide for US Peanut Producers

Jul 15, 2021 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Peanut

Various biotic and abiotic stresses pose a threat to peanut production. Among these stresses, the soilborne fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus contaminate peanut seeds with aflatoxins...

Nitrogen and Irrigation Management for Sorghum in South Carolina

Apr 18, 2021 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Sorghum, Soybean

Sorghum is a drought-tolerant crop suitable for growing in South Carolina. Although it can survive well under adverse conditions, nitrogen (N) insufficiency and water stress can reduce sorghum grain...

Granville Wilt of Flue-Cured Tobacco

Feb 8, 2021 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, IPM, Soybean, Tobacco

Granville wilt (bacterial wilt) is the most destructive, yield-limiting soil-borne disease of flue-cured tobacco in South Carolina.1 The first confirmed report of this disease in the United States...

Headworms as Pests of Grain Sorghum

Dec 9, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn

Several species of lepidopteran larvae can infest and cause injury to sorghum grain heads. These include corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and sorghum webworm,...

Soybean Tissue Sampling

Dec 7, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Soybean

Introduction One of the most critical factors in growing a successful soybean crop is the nutrient status during the life cycle. Tissue sampling is a tool to diagnose suspected plant nutritional...

Herbicide Options for Benghal Dayflower Control in Field Crops

Nov 29, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Corn, Cotton, Soybean

Invasive weeds are troublesome in agronomic cropping systems and nearby non-crop environments. Benghal dayflower (Commelina benghalensis L.), also known as tropical spiderwort, was first detected in...

Best Management Practices for Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Cotton

Oct 23, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Cotton, IPM

Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) are the most consistent and predictable insect pests of Upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in South Carolina and much of the southeastern United States. These...

Water Withdrawal Regulations Every Agricultural User in South Carolina Should Know

Oct 2, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Ponds, Soybean, Water

South Carolina has important regulations to protect and conserve its water resources. This article should provide producers with a better understanding of state water quantity regulations that...

Integrating Cover Crops for Agroecosystem Services

Sep 23, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops

Introduction Cover crops are used in US agriculture1 to improve soil conditions for a subsequent cash crop as an alternative to synthetic amendments.2 Cover crops are primarily planted between cash...

Cover Crops for Weed and Nutrient Management

Sep 1, 2020 | Agriculture, Agronomic Crops, Cotton, Soybean

Cover cropping is a sustainable conservation practice that can enhance the health of agroecosystems. Cover crops have many benefits, including weed suppression and assisting with nutrient cycling....