Field Notes 3/15/13 - acreage summary, blast information
Maps and discussion of rice acreage shifts in Louisiana for 2012. List of 10 things to know about rice blast disease.
Field Notes 3/25/13 - cold temperature effects on rice
A discussion of heat units (DD50's), weather contrasts from 2012 to 2013 and cold weather effects on rice growth and development.
Field Notes 2/21/13 - blast, narrow brown leaf spot
Photographs and discussion of rice blast and narrow brown leaf spot of rice.
Field Notes 4/5/13 - potato chipping, water mold, Mexican rice borer, southern watergrass
Photographs and accompanying text describing the phenomenon of "potato chipping" of soil in a rice field, water mold, Mexican rice borer and southern watergrass.
Field Notes 4/14/13 - black bird damage, trenasse, stretched seedlings
Photographs and accompanying discussion of black bird damage to seedling rice, stretched seedlings in water-seeded rice and an example of a trenasse.
Field Notes 4/19/13 - weeds, seedling disease, herbicide injury
Photographs and accompanying text describing heavy weed pressure, seedling disease, spraying, herbicide injury and weather effects on growth of rice.
Field Notes 4/26/13 - cold-termperature-induced Zn deficiency, DD50, herbicide injury, Dowitchers in rice
Photographs and accompanying text describing cold-temperature-induced zinc deficiency in rice, DD50 heat units, herbicide injury and Dowitchers in rice.
Field Notes 5/3/13 - weed control, Newpath injury, herbicide injury
Photographs and accompanying text describing excellent weed control, Newpath injury to Jazzman-2 rice and unknown herbicide injury.
Field Notes 5/24/13 - Clincher, nutrient deficiency, drift, moisture strss
Photographs and accompanying text describing Clincher herbicide use, nutrient deficiency symptoms observed in fields, drift problems and moisture stress on seedling rice.
Field Notes 5/31/13 A - Regiment injury, sulfur deficiency
Photographs and text illustrating Regiment plus Newpath injury on hybrid rice and sulfur deficiency in rice.
Filed Notes 5/31/13 B - green ring, panicle differentiation, sugarcane borer
Photographs and accompanying text describing green ring or internode elongation, panicle differentiation and the sugarcane borer in rice.
Field Notes 6/14/13 - Peruvian watergrass, rice water weevils, algae, S deficiency
Photographs and accompanying text describing the female inflorescence and spikelets of Peruvian watergrass, heavy rice water weevil adult population, algae development, and use of ammonium sulfate to correct sulfur deficiency.
Field Notes 6/20/13 - stink bugs, disease, turtle damage
Photographs and accompanying text illustrating rice stink bug hatchlings and turtle damage and a discussion of disease in rice.
Field Notes 6/28/13 - rice water weevils, rice stink bugs, resistant red rice, temperature inversion
Photographs and accompanying text discussing rice water weevil problems, rice stink bug populations, herbicide application to resistant red rice and temperature inversions.
Field Notes 7/3/13 - anthesis, straighthead, red rice
Photographs and accompanying text about anthesis in rice, straighthead disorder and herbicide-resistant red rice.
Field Notes 7/12/13 - milk, soft dough, crown rot, bill bugs
Photographs and accompanying text describing milk and soft dough growth stages, bacterial crown rot, and bill bugs in rice.
Field Notes 7/19/13 - herbicide injury, sugarcane borer, brown stink bugs
Photographs and accompanying text illustrating herbicide injury, sugarcane borer and brown stink bugs.
Field Notes 7/26/13 - rice stalk borer, bearded sprangletop, glyphosate injury
Photographs and accompanying text describing the rice stalk borer, bearded sprangletop and glyphosate injury.
Field Notes 8/2/13 - MRB, cercospora, sooty mold, harvest
Photographs and accompanying text describing the Mexican rice borer, cercospora net blotch and sooty mold on rice and rice harvest.
Field Notes 8/9/13 - black stems, anthesis, stink bugs
Photographs and accompanying text about a rice disorder, anthesis in rice and stink bugs in rice.
Field Notes 8/19/13 - palmer amaranth, harvest
Photographs and accompanying text describing Palmer Amaranth and how to identify the species as well as separate the male and female plants. Also includes an update on verification field harvest.
Field Notes 8/29/13 - harvest, second crop
Photographs of first crop harvest and a discussion of second or ratoon crop production.
