Field Notes 5/11/05: Internode Elongation (Green Ring)

Photographs used to explain recognition of internode elongation (green ring). Also includes photographs of weeds and text to explain both.

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Field Notes 5/24/05: Localized Decline, Black Rice Bugs, South American Rice Miner

Photographs and accompanying text of localized decline, black rice bugs and the South American Rice Miner.

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Field Notes 6/1/05: Growth Stages, Panicle Differentiation (PD)

Photographs and explanatory text of the rice growth stage referred to as "panicle differentiation", or PD.

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Field Notes 6/8/05: Localized Decline, Scouting for Disease

Photographs and accompanying text about localized decline and scouting for rice disease.

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Field Notes 6/15/05: Rice Water Weevil Growth Stages

Photographs of the rice water weevil (RWW) adult, puparium and larvae as well as a screen bottomed bucket used in scouting for the larval stage. Explanatory text accompanies the photographs.

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Field Notes 6/22/05: Rice Stink Bug Eggs and Nymphs, Sheath Blight, Blast

Photographs and accompanying text of rice stink bug eggs and nymphs. photographs of sheath blight and blast symptoms on rice with accompanying text.

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Field Notes 6/29/05: SARM, Rice Stink Bug, Red Banded Stink Bug

Photographs and accompanying text of the South American Rice Miner (SARM), the adult rice stink bug and the adult red banded stink bug.

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Field Notes 7/7/05: Chinch Bugs, Sugarcane Borer

Photographs and accompanying text of chinch bugs and the sugarcane borer in rice.

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Field Notes 7/13/05: Guttation, Blister Beetles, Purple Grains

Field Notes 7/20/05: Drain Timing, Rice Stem Borer, Skipper Blast

Photographs and accompanying text describing drain timing in rice, the rice stem borer and skipper and blast disease in rice.

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Field Notes 7/27/05: Kernel Smut, False Smut, Panicle Blight

Photographs and accompanying text of kernel smut , false smut and panicle blight in rice.

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Field Notes 8/3/05: Hand Sampling, False Smut

Photographs and accompanying text describing a method of hand sampling rice to estimate harvest moisture. Additional photographs of false smut in rice.

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Field Notes 8/9/05: Harvest Losses, Blackbird Damage

Photographs and accompanying text describing harvest losses and blackbird damage in rice.

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