| [Image: French Quarter]Integrated Pest Management of the Formosan Subterranean Termite in the French Quarter The Formosan termite is a devastating pest that consumes wooden structures and woody plants and causes hundreds of millions of dollars of damage each year. The LSU AgCenter is making progress slowing its spread in the New Orleans' French Quarter, despite the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. |
| What's New? The following news articles appeared in the winter 2006 issue of Louisiana Agriculture. |
| Black Raspberry May Be a New Cancer Fighter In their quest for finding new therapies for treating cancers, researchers in the LSU AgCenter and the LSU Health Sciences Center have found several natural compounds that can reduce tumor development by inhibiting angiogenesis. One of the latest is an extract from the black raspberry. |
| [Image: crawfish]Crawfish farmers experience low yield Crawfish farmer Carl Kincaid of Port Barre said he’s never seen a year like this. His crawfish crop on 30 acres isn’t even a third of last year’s catch. He hopes his crawfish may just be late in developing and that he will see an improvement. |
| [Image: NBA]NBA player gives cars to 4-H leaders affected by hurricanes “I’ve never won anything in my life,” cried Tasha Miller, upon hearing that she’d won a new car worth $25,000.But her day had come. Miller, a 4-H volunteer from New Orleans who lost her home in Hurricane Katrina, won a 2006 Toyota Prius hybrid from NBA star Amare Stoudemire. |
| [Image: hotline]Agents Answer Flood of Mold Questions Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and their aftermath created a flood of questions for LSU AgCenter agents about mold, particularly in New Orleans, where homes and buildings sat in water and intense heat for several weeks. |
| Hurricanes Don’t Stop Termite Research in New Orleans Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did not interfere with the LSU AgCenter’s efforts to control Formosan termites in New Orleans. Known as the French Quarter Program, the federally funded pilot test began in 1998. |
| [Image: Sheath blight fungus]Fungicide Timing Critical for Maximum Return Rice diseases pose a major threat to rice production. The two major diseases, sheath blight and blast, cause significant yield and quality reductions that cost farmers millions of dollars each year. |
| Researcher Looks at Salt Water Effects on Rice Miner The salt water pushed ashore into the rice fields of Southwest Louisiana by Hurricane Rita may weaken the surge of the South American rice leaf miner – or it may not. |
| Salt-soaked Fields Show Some Improvement South Louisiana rice fields contaminated with salt from Hurricane Rita’s storm surge have shown some improvements, although not as much as expected, and salinity levels actually have increased in some sugarcane fields. |
| What Home Builders, Homeowners and Real Estate Agents Think About Mold Athough it is uncommon in most homes, toxic mold, also known as black mold, has become a major issue for some home builders and homeowners in the United States. The effects have run the gamut from disposal to litigation. |
| [Image: chart]Grasp: A New Herbicide for Managing Weeds in Rice LSU AgCenter weed scientists began working with Grasp in 2003, but it wasn’t until 2004 that in-depth research could be conducted because of limited product availability. |
| [Image: table]L 97-128 Helps Sustain Louisiana’s Sugarcane Industry Sugarcane is one of the leading row crops contributing to the Louisiana economy. A new variety, L 97-128, released by the LSU AgCenter in 2004, provides an alternative to the popular LCP 85-384, which is the predominant variety in the state. |
| [Image: bulls]Using Sire EPDs in Cow-Calf Production A large segment of the beef cattle industry is adopting expected progeny differences (EPDs) as a valuable selection tool in improving calf productivity. |
| [Image: LSU students]Credit Card Use by College Students Credit card use has grown dramatically among college students. This has generated concern that these students are overextended and unaware of the long-term consequences associated with severe indebtedness. |
| [Image: Gerald]Roberts Named ‘Mr. Yam’ Gerald Roberts, an LSU AgCenter and Southern University county agent in St. Landry Parish, said being chosen as the 2005 “Mr. Yam” punctuates his 29-year career of service to Louisiana sweet potato growers. |
| [Image: control plot,]New Options for Managing Weeds in Clearfield Rice The development of Clearfield rice, which is tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides, is the most important advance in rice weed management in recent years. |
| [Image: chambers]Doyle Chambers’ Wisdom Still Guides Programs Though Doyle Chambers died Sept. 5, 2005, in Baton Rouge, his contributions to the LSU AgCenter, research and Louisiana agriculture will live forever. |
| [Image: cattle]Effects of Pasture Stocking Rate and Method on Cow-Calf Production To determine the effectiveness of short-duration, rotational grazing systems for cattle in South Louisiana, a three-year study (Phase 1 of a six-year project), designed to evaluate pasture stocking methods and rates, was initiated in the spring of 1999 at the Iberia Research Station near Jeanerette. |
| [Image: wash rack]Master Cattle Producers Put Quality Beef on the Table In its first year, the Master Cattle Producer program has attracted a wide spectrum of participants, from the seasoned to the greenhorn. |
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