GAPAC
2001 Defoliation Project Home Page
The GAPAC Defoliation Demonstration treatments, sponsored by supporting companies, represent established and emerging defoliation chemistries and combinations. The project consists of results from five plots planned throughout the state, locations listed below.
This year, for the first time, we welcome Bayer, FMC and Helena Chemical to the GAPAC Defoliation Demonstration Project.
These plots are located in production areas strategically located throughout the state. This year, five consultants have each chosen a field of high yielding cotton to use for plots.
Ratings made at six days and again twelve days after treatment are published at individual plot pages and consolidated ratings are available on the summary page.
October 12, 2001
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For
the third consecutive year the Georgia Association of Professional
Agricultural Consultants designed a Cotton Defoliation Project to give our
members a hands on evaluation of cotton defoliants on the market.
Our plots have been available for others in the cotton industry including
growers, dealers, basic industry sales representatives, extension personnel
and others. Our goal is to learn
more about cotton defoliation in Georgia.
This year's project, modeled after the successful 2000 project, had five locations across the state where we set up the same trial design on uniform high-yield potential cotton. The market price for each treatment is included in the data summaries. The cost of the project is funded through those companies entering treatments. Each location was carefully chosen for uniformity and correct stage. Each treatment was chosen by the sponsoring company. Kent Taylor, retired technical service representative with AgrEvo, rated all locations at six to eight days after application and again at ten to fourteen days after application. He will collect the following data for each treatment: 1. Percent Defoliation 2. Percent Desiccation 3. Percent Green Leaves 4. Percent Boll Opening 5. Percent Regrowth RatingEach location has a report generated for it, which will be shared with all of the companies that enter in the test. Kent has a summary report consolidating rating from all plots, available here. |