NOTICE TO USERS

This Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin is a summary of research conducted at the branch stations of the Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center. These include the Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station in Raymond, the Coastal Plain Branch Experiment Station in Newton, and the Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station in Crystal Springs and Beaumont. In addition, this information bulletin includes summaries of some of the primary Extension programs conducted by MSU-ES specialists in the Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center. It is intended for colleagues, cooperators, and sponsors. The interpretation of data in this publication may change after additional experimentation. This information is not to be construed either as a recommendation for use or as an endorsement of a specific variety or product by Mississippi State University or the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.

This report contains data generated as a part of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station research program. Cooperating personnel are listed on pages 7, 8, and 9.

Trade names of commercial products used in this bulletin are included only for clarity and understanding. Any experimental pesticides were used in accordance with EPA Experimental Use Regulations (40 CFR 172.3) (Section 5 of FIFRA).

This publication was published by the Office of Agricultural Communications, a unit of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University.

REPORT OF THE

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER

Including Station Reports from

Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station

Raymond

Coastal Plain Branch Experiment Station

Newton

and

Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station

Crystal Springs

2001 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER

1320 Seven Springs Road

Raymond, MS 39154

Phone: 601-857-2284

Fax: 601-857-2358

Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station

1676 Brown Loam Road

Raymond, MS 39154

Phone: 601-857-5952

Fax: 601-857-2887

Coastal Plain Branch Experiment Station

55 Coastal Plain Road

Newton, MS 39345

Phone: 601-683-2084

Fax: 601-683-6770

Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station

P. O. Box 231

Crystal Springs, MS 39059

Phone: 601-892-3731

Fax: 601-892-2056

Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................. 1

Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center Staff.................................................................... 6

Cooperating Personnel....................................................................................................................... 8

History and Mission......................................................................................................................... 11

Advisory Council Minutes................................................................................................................ 14

BEEF - Research

THE EFFECTS OF METAPHYLACTIC TREATMENT WITH MICOTIL ON THE INCIDENCE OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE (BRD) IN SOUTHEASTERN STOCKER CATTLE.......................... 20

DYNAMIC CHANGES IN BODY COMPOSITION QUALITY TRAITS AS INFLUENCED BY HORMONAL CHANGES DURING THE ESTROUS CYSLE IN BEEF HEIFERS............................................. 20

UTILIZATION OF REAL-TIME ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY................................................................................................................................ 21

DAIRY - Research

A COMPARISON OF NON-TOXIC ENDOPHYTE-INFECTED FESCUE AND JACKSON RYEGRASS AS FORAGES FOR LACTATING DAIRY COWS............................................................................ 22

A COMPARISON OF NON-TOXIC ENDOPHYTE-INFECTED FESCUE AND JACKSON RYEGRASS AS FORAGES FOR UN-BRED HOLSTEIN HEIFERS...................................................................... 22

THE USE OF FANS AND FANS PLUS SPRINKLERS FOR COOLING LACTATING HOLSTEIN COWS BASED ON ANIMAL SIZE........................................................................................................................ 22

FAMILY AND YOUTH - Extension

BILINGUAL PROGRAM.............................................................................................................. 23

FALL YOUTH GARDEN FIELD DAYS....................................................................................... 24

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT NUTRITION PROGRAMS................................................................. 25

FORAGE CROPS - Research

TALL FESCUE VARIETY TRIAL................................................................................................. 27

RYEGRASS VARIETY TRIAL...................................................................................................... 27

EASTERN GAMMAGRASS VARIETY TRIAL............................................................................ 27

SEEDED BERMUDAGRASS VARIERY TRIAL.......................................................................... 28

HYBRID BERMUDAGRASS VARIETY TRIAL........................................................................... 28

SULFUR, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHOROUS EFFECTS ON BERMUDAGRASS PRODUCTION 29

NITROGEN SOURCE, POTASSIUM, AND SUBSOIL TILLAGE EFFECTS ON BERMUDAGRASS PRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 30

PERRENIAL PEANUT ADAPTABILITY TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.............. 30

EVALUATION OF NOVEL-ENDOPHYTE FESCUE UNDER GRAZING CONDITIONS....... 31

INFLUENCE OF TIMING OF NITROGEN APPLICATION AND POULTRY LITTER FERTILIZER ON RYEGRASS PRODUCTION AND STEER PERFORMANCE..................................................... 32

EFFECT OF CULTURAL PRACTICES ON YIELD OF RYEGRASS PLANTED IN A BERMUDAGRASS SOD 33

BERMUDAGRASS VARIETY EVALUATION............................................................................ 34

2000-01 RYEGRASS VARIETY EVALUATION ........................................................................ 34

YIELD OF EASTERN GAMMA GRASS VS CORN HYBRIDS AS SILAGE ............................ 35

PERFORMANCE OF TALL FESCUE ......................................................................................... 35

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER RATES ON RYEGRASS YIELD............................................. 36

PERCENTAGE CRUDE PROTEIN (CP), FIBER (ADF & NDF) AND IN VITRO TOTAL DIGESTIBILITY (IVTD) OF RYEGRASS SAMPLES HARVESTED AT TWO DATES...................................................... 37

SEEDED BERMUDA VARIETY TRIAL ...................................................................................... 38

FORESTRY – Extension

FORESTRY EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...................................................... 39

LIVESTOCK - Extension

EXTENSION LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES.................................................................................... 40

HORTICULTURE - Extension

EXTENSION HORTICULTURE ACTIVITIES............................................................................. 42

THE MISSISSIPPI MEDALLION PROMOTION PROGRAM.................................................... 43

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT HORTICULTURIST ACTIVITES, 2001 …………………………45

ROW CROPS - Research

CORN FOR GRAIN VARIETY TRIALS, RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI ....................................... 46

COTTON VARIETY TRIALS, 2001, RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI............................................... 46

CANOLA VARIETY EVALUATION........................................................................................... 47

EARLY MATURING CORN HYBRID TRIAL............................................................................. 47

LATE MATURING CORN HYBRID TRIAL................................................................................ 48

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER VS COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND METHOD OF TILLAGE ON CORN SILAGE YIELD AND SOIL PHOSPHOROUS............................................................................ 48

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER VS COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER ON CORN SILAGE YIELD 49

WHEAT AND OAT VARIETY EVALUATIONS......................................................................... 50

CORN HYBRIDS FOR SILAGE................................................................................................... 50

EVALUATION OF VARIOUS AT-PLANTING CORN INSECTICIDES: PART I..................... 51

COMPARISONS OF AT-PLANTING CORN INSECTICIDES: PART II................................... 51

LABORATORY EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDES EFFICACY ON GRASSHOPPERS........ 52

HELIOTHINE SURVIVAL ON COTTON TREATED WITH SELECTED INSECTICIDES IN FIELD STUDIES 52

LABORATORY COMPARISON OF INSECTICIDES TARGETING HELIOTHINES............... 53

INSECTICIDE COMPARISON FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS OF SOYBEANS.......... 53

MORTALITY OF GREEN STINKBUGS CAGED ON INSECTICIDE TREATED PLANTS...... 54

LABORATORY STUDIES OF INSECTICIDES TARGETING SOUTHWESTERN CORN BORER LARVAE 54

CONTROL OF THRIPS ON COTTON........................................................................................ 55

ROYAL PAULOWNIA: A POTENTIAL REFUGE FOR LEPIDOPTERA................................... 55

DOW WEED CONTROL SYSTEMS IN SOYBEAN TARGETING HEMP SESBANIA............ 56

STALEBED AND POST APPLICATIONS OF STRONGARM FOR EXPANDED SOYBEAN WEED CONTROL AND CROP SAFETY.................................................................................................................... 57

TANK-MIXTURES WITH ROUNDUP FOR POST CONTROL OF DIFFICULT WEEDS IN SOYBEAN 57

PREPLANT BURNDOWN WEED CONTROL IN SOYBEAN WITH FOCUS ON YELLOW NUTSEDGE CONTROL.................................................................................................................................... 58

EVALUATION OF AMPLIFY AND ROUNDUP ULTRA MAX IN SOYBEAN WEED CONTROL SYSTEMS 59

VEGETABLES – Research

2001 SWEET CORN TRIAL ........................................................................................................ 61

2001 LARGE-FRUITED RED TOMATO TRIAL.......................................................................... 61

THE VALUE OF PASTEURIZED BROILER LITTER PRODUCTS IN STAKED TOMATO AND PERENNIAL FLOWER PRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 62

FRUIT AND NUT PROJECTS IN 2001........................................................................................ 62

FALL MARIGOLD CULTIVAR TRIAL........................................................................................ 63

VARIETY EVALUATION OF GREENHOUSE TOMATOES, 2001........................................... 63

THE 2001 FALLFLOWER & GARDEN FEST............................................................................. 64

THE VEGETABLE PRESS NEWSLETTER.................................................................................. 65

THRIPLOID WATERMELON CULTIVAR EVALUATION, SUMMER 2001............................ 65

VEGETABLE RELATED WEB PAGES........................................................................................ 66

ALL – AMERICA SELECTIONS TRIALS................................................................................... 66

THE 2001 GREENHOUSE TOMATO SHORT COURSE............................................................ 67

EXTENSION PLANT PATHOLOGY ACTIVITIES 2001............................................................ 68

CoRoN ENHANCEMENT OF PUMPKIN FUNGICIDES........................................................... 69

WASTE MANAGEMENT – Research

BROILER LITTER FERTILIZATION OF MID-ROTATION LOBLOLLY PINE TREES........... 70

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER VS COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER ON CORN SILAGE YIELD AND SOIL PHOSPHOROUS.......................................................................................................................... 70

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER VS COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER AND METHOD OF TILLAGE ON CORN SILAGE YIELD AND SOIL PHOSPHOROUS............................................................................ 71

AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF PASTURE

AND BROILER LITTER APPLICATION MANAGEMENT....................................................... 72

EFFECT OF POULTRY LITTER RATES ON RYEGRASS YIELD............................................. 72

GRAZING CATTLE EFFECTS ON NUTRIENT AND BACTERIAL LOADING OF INTERMITTENT STREAMS 73

POULTRY LITTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DAY AND ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING 74

PESTICIDE EDUCATION - Extension

PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM.................................... 75

CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER STAFF

Raymond, Mississippi

F. T. Withers, Jr., Head

Don Smith – Interim Southwest District Program Director - ANR

Deborah Knight – Interim Southwest District Program Director - F&Y

Larry J. DeMuth – Livestock Specialist

Stephen G. Dicke - Forestry Specialist

Richard G. Snyder – Horticulture Specialist⁴

Norman Winter - Horticulture Specialist

Don Parker – Entomology Specialist²/Research Scientist

David Ingram – Plant Pathology Specialist⁴/Research Scientist

Judy Goddard – Consumer Management Specialist

Elmo Collum - Pesticide Education Coordinator

Donna Beliech – Consumer Horticulturist

Marina Presley - Bilingual Nutrition Educator

Kathy Bryant - Secretary

Joyce Gilmer - Secretary

Audrey Barnes - Secretary

Nancy Strickland - Secretary

Felicia Washington - Secretary

Brown Loam Branch Station

Raymond, MS

Rhonda Vann – Assistant Animal Scientist/Research Coordinator

Bisoondat Macoon – Research Agronomist

Blair Boyd - Research Assistant I/Operations Coordinator

Stanley Howell - Herdsman

Tim Nowell - Farm Supervisor

Cheri Womack – Secretary

John J. Pope – Animal Caretaker

Kyle Lewis - Agricultural Technician

James Green - Farm Laborer

Gregory Scott - Farm Laborer

Eugene Scott - Farm Laborer

Brendon Blakely - Farm Laborer

Matthew Bozeman - Farm Laborer

(Continued)

¹15% MAFES - 85% MSU-ES

²50% MAFES - 50% MSU-ES

³25% MAFES - 75% MSU-ES

⁴75% MSU-ES - 25% MAFES

Coastal Plain Branch Station

Newton, MS

Edward J. Murphey - Superintendent/Associate Dairy Scientist

Billy B. Johnson - Senior Research Associate

Tony Adams - Dairy Herdsman

Doug Everett - Assistant Dairy Herdsman

Glenda Darley - Secretary

Ed Darley - Ground Maintenance Supervisor

Larry Huey - Farm Laborer

Elaine Boyd - Farm Laborer

Ross Little - Farm Laborer

Curtis Pugh - Farm Laborer

Terry Giblin - Farm Laborer

Lamar Swanner - Farm Laborer

Truck Crops Branch Station

Crystal Springs, MS

William B. Evans – Assistant Research Horticulturist/Research Coordinator

Richard G. Snyder – Horticulture Specialist⁴/research Scientist

Peter M. Hudson - Research Assistant II/Operations Coordinator

Janie Taylor – Secretary

Brenda Berch – Intermittent Secretary

Larry Harkins – Farm Supervisor

Everette Hamilton - Farm Laborer

Anne Lee – Intermittent Farm Laborer

L. D. Lee - Farm Laborer

David Williams - Farm Laborer

Eric Rhymes – Seasonal Farm Laborer

Willie Harris – Farm Laborer

¹15% MAFES - 85% MSU-ES

²50% MAFES - 50% MSU-ES

³25% MAFES - 75% MSU-ES

⁴75% MSU-ES - 25% MAFES

COOPERATING PERSONNEL

MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY EXPERIMENT STATION

Director - Vance H. Watson

Associate Director - Marty Fuller

Associate Director - Nancy M. Cox