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      <title>Scientists Study Loblolly Pine Decline</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A decline in loblolly pine, first reported in Bogalusa, La., in 1966, helped trigger a long-term study at the LSU AgCenter. At first, it was suspected that it was the same disease as littleleaf disease of shortleaf pine, which was attributed to site factors and Phyphthora cinnamomi, a water mold. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Cotton Harvest Management in Louisiana</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Preparing for cotton harvest involves some of the most important management decisions producers face. Applying chemical harvest aids before harvest can increase harvester efficiency, reduce leaf and trash content in harvested lint, facilitate dew drying, straighten lodged plants, retard boll rot, maintain or improve fiber quality and stimulate boll opening. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Longleaf Seedling Production: Some Problems and Their Solutions</title>
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      <title>Recycling Perlite for More Profit in Greenhouse Tomatoes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Perlite is a processed volcanic mineral widely used as a propagating and growing medium for many horticultural crops, including tomatoes. The expense to dispose of the old material and replace it with new perlite shipped from distant markets can be significant. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Harvest Aids Available for Harvest Preparation</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 20:51:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Several harvest aids available for cotton are described. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes Can Be Profitable</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Debbie Otwell has learned tomatoes can be as profitable as they are tasty. Otwell grows about 2,000 tomato plants, which produce about 35,000 pounds per year, in her three greenhouses near Dubach, La. She got the idea after visiting the LSU AgCenter’s Red River Research Station in Bossier City. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Cotton Yields Unaffected by Boll Dangle</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 21:02:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In the past few years there has been a resurgence of a boll rot often referred to as boll dangle, Phomopsis boll rot, atypical boll shed or vascular cavitation. This boll rot has been present at low levels for many years but has become more severe in the past eight years. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Update: Search Finds No Conclusive Evidence of Ivory-billed Woodpecker</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 20:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at Cornell University’s Ornithology Lab in Ithaca, New York, recently finished analyzing audio recordings and have determined that there is no conclusive evidence of the ivory-billed woodpecker’s existence in Louisiana. The last documented sighting of the bird was in Tensas Parish in 1942. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CGautreaux@agcenter.lsu.edu (Craig Gautreaux)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Renowned Private Camellia Collection Goes to Burden</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 20:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What may well be one of the country’s largest private camellia collections is on its way to a new home at the LSU AgCenter's Burden Center in Baton Rouge. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Weed Management Systems for Clearfield Rice</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 21:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Advances in weed control technology have played an essential role in the development of the rice industry. Herbicides are critical to obtaining optimum yield and maximum profit. Before the development of selective rice herbicides, weed control involved intensive manual labor. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Louisiana Agriculture Magazine Summer 2002</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Vol. 45, No. 3 - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>New Sweet Potato Adds To Louisiana Mix</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 21:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter has released a new sweet potato named “Bienville,” which has resistance to root knot nematodes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Evaluation of Nitrogen Rates for Corn in a Cotton-Corn Rotation</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 20:03:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Management of fertilizer nitrogen (N) is one of the most important components in producing maximum yield and profits in corn and cotton. Corn is inherently inefficient in fertilizer N uptake, typically using less than half of that applied. Cotton, on the other hand, has extremely high fertilizer uptake efficiency. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Researchers Begin Long-term Project To Make Use of NASA Images</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 20:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Using computers to translate remote images of crop fields into prescriptions for irrigating, fertilizing and controlling pests is the next technological advance in farming—as soon as researchers can figure out how to do it economically. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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      <title>News Briefs</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 21:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[News Briefs: Several LSU AgCenter faculty members receive honors; a new poultry composting process holds promise for Louisiana poultry producers; the Macon Ridge Research Station gets a new lab building. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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