2006 Early Season Cotton Meeting

2006 Early Season Cotton Meeting La Paz and Mohave Counties

March 1, 2006

Parker Elks Lodge 711 Laguna Avenue Parker, AZ 85344

8:00 a.m. – Registration

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. – Optimum Planting Dates: How to Decide Dr. Paul Brown – Biometeorology Specialist, University of Arizona

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Weed Shifts and Herbicide Resistant Weeds Dr. Bill McCloskey – Extension Weed Specialist, University of Arizona

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Weed Competition and Management in Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Dr. Bill McCloskey – Extension Weed Specialist, University of Arizona

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Lygus Control in Early Irrigated Cotton Dr. Peter Ellsworth – IPM Specialist, University of Arizona

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Looking Down the Road at Cotton Production Dr. Russ Tronstad – Agricultural Economist, University of Arizona

Please contact Eric Norton at (928) 669-9843 or [email protected] for more information

3.0 CEUs have been applied for both AZ and CA

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