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Crop Rotation and Variety Selection

• Verticilium Wilt (Archived)

Planting

• Seed Treatment (Archived)
• Cotton Planting Forecast
• Replant (Archived)
• Replant Calculator
• Accuracy of Cotton Planting Forecasts (Archived)

Early Season

• Fusarium Wilt

Mid Season

• California Cotton Manager

Late Season

• Heat Unit Averages and Time to Mature Bolls (Archived)
• Scheduling Final Irrigation (Archived)

Insect Control

• A Field Key to the Most Common Lygus Species Found in Agronomic Crops (Archived)
• Key Features of Common Lygus Species in the Central SJV (Archived)
• Common Whiteflies in San Joaquin Valley Cotton (Archived)
• Silverleaf Whitefly Sampling Procedure (Archived)
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Cotton (Archived)
• Miticide Mode of Action Table (Archived)
• Insecticide Resistance and Management and Quality Cotton (Archived)

Weed Control

• 2,4-D Injury Synthetic Auxin Herbicide Injury

Defoliation

• Harvest Aid Guidelines (2010) (Archived)
• Pima Harvest Aid Guidelines (2006) (Archived)

Additional Publications Available from ANR Communication Services

• Integrated Pest Management for Cotton (purchase from ANR)
• Cotton Prodcution Manual (purchase from ANR)
• Insecticide and Miticide Resistance Management in SJV Cotton for 2001 (PDF)
• Cotton: Potassium Fertility Guidelines for the San Joaquin Valley of California
• Growth and Development of Acala Cotton