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[Image: commercial vegetable production]Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations
This publication contains recommendations for commercial production of vegetables ranging from artichokes, asparagus and beets to strawberries, tomatoes and watermelons. Among its guidelines for more than 30 different vegetables are recommended seeding rates, planting dates and varieties. It also includes information about days from planting to harvest, the approximate time from pollination to market and optimum soil temperatures for the various vegetables covered in this guidebook.
Cotton Variety Trials & Production Guidelines
Each year the LSU AgCenter tests commercial cotton hybrids entered in the state yield tests by private seed companies. From these, a grower should choose several that are adapted to an individual farm. Information in the tables should help you make these important decisions.
[Image: Soybeans]2012 Soybean Variety Performance Trials
Applications are being accepted applications for the 2012 Soybean Variety Preformance Trial.
[Image: soybeans]Soybean Variety Yields and Production Practices
2012 Recommendations. Each year the LSU AgCenter tests commercial soybean varieties that are entered in yield tests by private seed companies. This publication provides information about results of those tests at various locations across the state. For best results using this guide, refer to the tables for variety yield results and pick the location fitting your situation -- or if your farm does not fit any location, choose varieties that performed well at multiple locations. (PDF Format Only)
2008 Extension Demonstrations
2008 Extension Demonstrations
Citrus and Freezing Temperatures
The cold weather we typically receive December through January can cause problems for home and commercial citrus in our area. It is important to know the critical temperatures and the factors affecting them.
[Image: Crista]Results of TSWV-resistant Tomato Variety Demonstration Plots in 2009
Results of 11 TSWV-resistant tomato varieties planted at seven different locations across Louisiana in the summer of 2009.
[Image: Louisiana watermelons ]Results of Seedless Watermelon Variety Demonstration Plots, Summer of 2009
The results of demonstration plots of 16 seedless watermelon varieties planted at six locations across the state.
[Image: single spikerush plant]Spikerush (Eleocharis sp.)
Photographs of spikerush (Eleocharis sp.)
[Image: Blueberry flea beetle.]Defoliation of Blueberry Plant Leaves by Insects
Flea beetles and yellow-necked caterpillars are two insects that defoliate the leaves of blueberry plants. Read for information about how to determine if these insect pests are invading your blueberry plants and what steps to take to control them.
[Image: Aphid]Yellowing of Blueberry Plant Leaves by Insects
Information about the yellowing of blueberry plant leaves by aphids and leafhoppers, as well as information on how to manage these insect pests.
[Image: Blueberry flea beetle]Chewing of Blueberry Plant Leaves by Insects
Information about insects that damage blueberry plants by chewing on the leaves, as well as information about how to manage these insects.
Frass (insect waste) on blueberries
Frass is insect debris (waste or poop). Two insects can be identified on blueberries by the frass they leave behind.
[Image: Leafhopper on blueberry.]Drying of Blueberry Plant Leaves by Insects
Information about how blueberry tip borers and leafhoppers can damage blueberry plants by drying the leaves.
[Image: Brown Rust]Best Management Practices for Minimizing the Impact of Brown Rust in Sugarcane
Brown rust in sugarcane is becoming an ever-increasing problem in Louisiana. Best management practices are listed to minimize the harmful effects of brown rust on sugarcane in Louisiana.
[Image: Adult blueberry maggot on a rabbit eye blueberry fruit.]Blueberry Maggot
Blueberry maggots have been found in found throughout the eastern United States including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. In Canada, it is known from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island. These insects make blueberries soft, mushy and unmarketable.
[Image: Image of blueberry gall midge. This insect looks like a mosquito.]Blueberry Gall Midge
Blueberry gall midge occurs sporadically, but when present it can cause reductions of 20 percent to 80 percent flower buds/fruit.
[Image: Adult Thrip]Thrips
Thrips are small, narrow insects with “fringe wings.” Adult thrips have two pairs (four) of wings that are “fringed” with hairs. Thrips are mostly plant pests.
[Image: Blueberry Stem Borer]Scarring and/or Tunneling of Blueberry Plant Stems by Insects
Information about how blueberry stem borers and thrips cause damage by scarring and/or tunneling through blueberry plant stems, as well as information on how to manage them.
[Image: Blueberry Bud Mites are very small and cannot usually be seen with the naked eye.]Blueberry Bud Mite
Blueberry bud mites are microscopic and white, living on the inner bud scales of blueberries from fall to spring. The blueberry bud mite can be found in blueberry crops in the eastern United States from Canada to Florida and among blueberry plantings in the Midwest, including Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
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