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  7. 50th TWC, Tob. Work. Conf., 2022, abstr. 35

    Evaluation of indoxacarb (Steward®) and other insecticides for flea beetle control in dark tobacco

    WITCHER V.; BAILEY W.A.; RODGERS C.; KEENEY A.B.; PERKINS C.
    University of Kentucky, Research & Education Center, Princeton, KY, USA
    Flea beetle (Epitrix hiritipennis) can be a major late-season concern for dark tobacco growers in some seasons.  Flea beetles occurring late in the season were problematic and difficult to control in 2017 and 2018 in the dark tobacco regions of...
  8. 50th TWC, Tob. Work. Conf., 2022, abstr. 36

    Effect of ridging on dark tobacco standability and sucker control

    RODGERS C.(1); BAILEY W.A.(1); RICHMOND M.D.(3); ELLIS R.(2)
    (1) University of Kentucky, Research & Education Center, Princeton, KY, USA; (2) University of Tennessee, Highland Rim Research & Education Center, Springfield, TN, USA; (3) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA
    Sucker control practices for dark tobacco are done primarily with contact and local systemic products applied as labor-intensive, manual stalk-rundown applications with droplines due to the tendency of dark tobacco to have crooked stalks at the time...