Tobacco Insect Scouting Report. May 21, 2014
Plants have grown quite a bit in the last week, likely due to increased rainfall. There were a couple of …
Tobacco Insect Scouting Report. May 16, 2014
It is week three monitoring the Integrated Pest Management fields and the grower standard fields in our Eastern and …
Tobacco Insect Scouting Report. May 9, 2014
It is week two for scouting in our Eastern 1 and 2 research fields. In order to potentially reduce …
Tobacco Insect Scouting Update. May 2, 2014
This summer, we have begun a new project focussed on implementing integrated pest management (IPM) practices for insects in …
Addressing Boron Issues in North Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco
Introduction In recent growing seasons, boron (B) nutrition has become an increasing issue …
Availability of Potassium Sulfate for the 2014 Tobacco Growing Season
As many are probably aware, we are getting reports from multiple sources …
Reducing Phosphorus Fertilizer Inputs to Flue-Cured Tobacco
Introduction Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for the production of flue-cured tobacco in North Carolina. A healthy crop of …
Weed Seed Contamination in US Produced Flue-Cured Tobacco Leaf
Introduction The seed of noxious weed species has recently been discovered in cured tobacco leaves destined for export from …
Potassium Fertility: An Overview of Nutrient Demand, Application Rates, and Deficiency
Potassium (K) is an plant nutrient essential for the production of high-yielding, high-quality flue-cured tobacco. A healthy crop requires …
Weed Seed Concerns in Tobacco Highlighted in Southeast Farm Press
Recent concerns with weed seed contamination in tobacco are highlight in the Southeast Farm Press which also describes research at …
Hornworm Activity in Eastern NC Tobacco
In the past week, we’ve noticed a dramatic jump in the number of hornworm caterpillars and eggs in our test plots …
Mid Summer Tobacco Insect Update
Caterpillars Large and Small So far this year, tobacco budworm numbers of in our research plots at both Kinston and …