{"id":325,"date":"2019-04-25T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/?p=325"},"modified":"2019-04-25T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:12:25","slug":"tips-on-managing-seedling-disease-in-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/2019\/04\/tips-on-managing-seedling-disease-in-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on Managing Seedling Disease In Cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tips on Managing Seedling Disease In Cotton &#8211; Jeremy Kichler Colquitt County Ag<br \/>\nBelow are a few points to consider from the<br \/>\n<strong>UGA Cotton Production Guide.<\/strong><br \/>\nGood management practices to reduce the chance of seedling disease include the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Plant in warm soils where the temperature at a 4-inch depth is above 65\u00b0 F and where the 5-day forecast<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t call for cooler or cooler\/wetter weather. NOTE: Cotton growers should NOT plant cotton if at all possible<br \/>\nwhen conditions are cool and wet or if the forecast calls for such conditions soon after planting, even if they<br \/>\nplan to use additional fungicide treatments!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Plant seed on a raised bed since soil temperatures in the bed are generally slightly warmer than surrounding soil<br \/>\nand drainage is likely to be better. Cotton planted in conservation tillage is not grown on raised beds, thus<br \/>\npotentially increasing the threat from seedling disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Avoid planting seed too deeply. Seed that is planted too deeply results in longer periods before the young<br \/>\nseedling cracks the soil surface, increasing the likelihood of seedling disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Correct soil pH with lime (pathogenic fungi are more tolerant to acidic soils than are cotton seedlings; pH should<br \/>\nbe in the range of 6.0 to 6.5).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fertilize according to a soil test so as to promote rapid seedling growth; however care should be taken to avoid<br \/>\n\u201cburning\u201d the seedling with excessive rates of at-plant fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Avoid chemical injury through the use of excessive amounts or improper application of insecticides, fungicides,<br \/>\nor pre-plant herbicides.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Plant only high quality seed as indicated by the percent germination in the standard seed and cool germination<br \/>\ntests. Preferably, cool germination test results should be above 70%, though 60-69% is still adequate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Additional seed treatment fungicides such as Dynasty CST, Trilex advanced, and Acceleron, beyond the \u201cbase\u201d<br \/>\ntreatment can significantly reduce the amount of seedling disease, increase stands, and potentially improve<br \/>\nfinal yields where conditions are favorable for disease development. However, significant outbreaks of<br \/>\nseedling diseases are a sporadic problem. Because we cannot reliably predict which years will have greater<br \/>\namounts of seedling disease, growers can become justifiably frustrated when trying to determine the economic<br \/>\nbenefit of the additional fungicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips on Managing Seedling Disease In Cotton &#8211; Jeremy Kichler Colquitt County Ag Below are a few points to consider from the UGA Cotton Production Guide. Good management practices to reduce the chance of seedling disease include the following: \u2022 Plant in warm soils where the temperature at a 4-inch depth is above 65\u00b0 F [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cotton","category-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/benhillcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}