Helms Research Farm
Summary Report
2004
Table of Contents
Corn Breeding (Field
1)
Wenwei Xu
Cotton Irrigation Management with SDI
(Field 2)
James P. Bordovsky, Cody Mull, and Megha Parajulee
SDI Cotton Variety Performance Under
Different Management Scenarios (Field 2)
John Gannaway, Lyndon Schoenhals, Valerie Morgan, and James P. Bordovsky
Effect of SDI Design on Cotton Lint
Yield (Field 3)
James P. Bordovsky, Cody Mull, and Joe Mustian
Deep Tillage in SDI Fields
(Field 3)
James P. Bordovsky, Doug Nesmith, Joe Mustian, and Cody Mull
On-Pivot Sensing System for Site-Specific
Cotton Management (Field 5)
Stephan Maas, Robert Lascano, and James Bordovsky
Remote Sensing at Helms
(Field 5)
Terry Wheeler
Influence of Cotton Cultivar and
Planting Date on Lygus Populations (Field 5A)
Megha N. Parajulee, Apurba K. Barman, Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll
Douglas M. Nesmith, and James P. Bordovsky
Evaluating the Merits of Sub-Threshold
Effects of the Bollgard Technology
on the Economics of Bollworm Management (Field 5A)
Megha Parajulee, James F. Leser, and Ram B. Shrestha
Replicated Chaperone Plant Growth
Regulator Demonstration Under LEPA Irrigation (Field 5A)
Randy Boman, Mark Kelley, Mark Stelter, Doug Nesmith, James P. Bordovsky,
Danny Carmichael and John Everitt
Variable Rate Irrigation of Corn
(Field 5B)
Robert J. Lascano, Jill D. Booker, James P. Bordovsky and Eduardo Segarra
Evaluation of Pyrethroid for Control
of Corn Earworm in Sweet Corn (Field 5B)
Greg Cronholm
Control of Southwestern Corn Borer
in Corn (Field 5B)
Greg Cronholm
Variable Rate Cotton Irrigation with
LEPA (Field 5CDE)
James P. Bordovsky, Joe Mustian, Jill D. Booker and Robert Lascano
Comparison of Conventional and Conservation
Tillage Systems for Cotton (Field 5CDE)
Wayne Keeling, John Everitt, James P. Bordovsky, Doug Nesmith and Cody Mull
Large Scale LEPA Irrigated Cotton Variety
Test (Field 5F)
James P. Bordovsky, Wayne Keeling, Randy Boman, Doug Nesmith and John Everitt
Comparison and Interpretation of COTMAN
Growth Curves Under Varying Irrigation
Regimes in the Texas High
Plains (Field 5F Span 5-8 and Field 6A-F)
Dana Porter, James F. Leser, Randy Boman, James Bordovsky
Improving Nitrogen Fertilizer Management
in Subsurface Drip-Irrigated Cotton (Field 6A-F)
Kevin Bronson, Rajkumari Yabaji and J.D. Booker
Large Scale SDI Cotton Variety Test (Field 6A-F)
James P. Bordovsky, Wayne Keeling, Doug Nesmith, John Everitt and Randy Boman
Influence of Soil Nitrogen Level
on Seasonal Activity of Cotton Arthropods
with Drip Irrigation Systems (Field 6G)
Megha N. Parajulee, Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll, Doug Nesmith, and
James P. Bordovsky
Peanut Breeding Research
(Field 6G)
Mark D. Burow, Yolanda López and Jamie Ayers
Large Scale Variety Comparison in
Drip Irrigated Cotton (Field 6H)
Wayne Keeling, John Everitt and James P. Bordovsky
APPENDIX
2004 Rainfall and Irrigation Amounts at Helms and Halfway
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station/ Edward A. Hiler, Director
The Texas A&M University System/ College Station, Texas