Publications for Field Crops

General Topics | Corn and Sorghum | Cotton | Forages | Peanuts | Pesticides and Health | Small Grains | Soybeans | Tobacco | Weather

General Topics

Production Information

• A Guide to Biotechnology in Crop Production
• Winter Annual Cover Crops (PDF file)

Soil Nutrient Management

• Department of Soil Science Publications
• Alternative Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer Products for Row Crop Production (PDF file>)
• Best Management Practices for Agricultural Nutrients (PDF version)
• Careful Soil Sampling: The Key to Reliable Soil Test Information (PDF version)
• Deep Soil Sampling for Nutrient Management (PDF file)
• Economics of Fertilizer Management (PDF file)
• Nutrient Removal by Crops in North Carolina (PDF file)
• Overview of Nutrient Management with Economic Considerations (PDF file)
• Soil Sampling for Precision Farming Systems (PDF file)
• The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT) (PDF file)
• The North Carolina Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool (PLAT): A Fact Sheet for Technical Specialists (PDF file)

• Fertilizers

  • Ammonium Sulfate Liquor - A Potential Nitrogen Source for Crops (PDF version)
  • Nutrient Content of Fertilizer and Organic Materials (PDF version)
  • Using Wetting Agents (Nonionic Surfactants) on Soil (PDF version)

• Liming

  • Soil Acidity and Liming: Basic Information for Farmers and Gardeners (PDF file)
  • Soil Acidity and Liming for Agricultural Soils (PDF file)

• Waste Management

  • Dairy Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  version)
  • Land Application of Municipal Sludge - Advantages and Concerns (PDF version)
  • Legal Implications of Livestock Waste
  • Permit Guidelines for Application of Municipal Sludge on Agricultural Lands (PDF version)
  • Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  version)
  • Septage Management in North Carolina (PDF file)
  • Swine Manure as a Fertilizer Source (PDF version)
  • Using Municipal Solid Waste Compost (PDF version)
  • Waste Analysis (PDF version)
  • Water Quality and Waste Management Rules for Livestock Farms in North Carolina (PDF file)

Pest Management

• Agricultural Crops Pest Management Information
• North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
• North Carolina Pest News (April through September)
• How to Send Specimens for Disease, Insect and Weed Identification (PDF file)
• Insect Management
• Insect Notes
• Disease Management
• North Carolina Plant Disease and Insect Clinic

Corn and Sorghum

Marketing and Economics

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Corn Enterprises Budgets
• Corn Marketing
• Productive and Profitable Corn Systems (PDF file)

Production Information

• Corn Production Guide
• Crop Profile for Field Corn in North Carolina
• Impact of Early Drought on Corn Yield
• Starter Fertilizers for Corn Production (PDF version)
• Variety Selection & Planting
• High Oil Corn, Question & Answer
• Replant Guidelines For Corn Flood or Moisture Damage in Corn

Pest Management in Corn and Sorghum

• General Resources

  • North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
  • Crop Profile for Corn in North Carolina
  • Crop Profile for Sorghum in North Carolina
  • Scouting Corn in North Carolina

• Corn Insect Management

• Corn Insect Management with Transgenic Bt Corn in North Carolina
• Corn Rootworm Management in North Carolina Field Corn
• Insect Pests of Corn & Sorghum
• Management of Field Corn Insect Pests in North Carolina
• Management of Southern Corn Billbug in Field Corn

• Corn Disease Management

• Disease Management
• Major Corn Diseases in North Carolina
• Mycotoxins in Corn

• Corn Weed Management

• Weed Management

Cotton

Production Information

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Cotton Enterprise Budgets
• Crop Profile for Cotton in North Carolina
• Drought Management for Cotton Production (PDF file)

Pest Management in Cotton

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Cotton in North Carolina
  • Pesticides and Wildlife - Cotton

• Cotton Insect Management

  • Cotton Insect Corner
  • Cotton Insect Scouting Guide (En Español)
  • Pests of Cotton

• Cotton Disease Management

  • Bacterial Blight (Angular Leaf Spot) of Cotton
  • Cotton Seedling Diseases
  • Cotton Stem Canker, Wet Weather Blight, or Ascochyta Blight

Forages

Marketing & Economics

• North Carolina Forage Budgets

Production Information

• Forage Programs and Documents
• Alfalfa Management
• Bermuda Grass Management in North Carolina
• Carostan Flaccidgrass (PDF file)
• Checking Forage Legume Nodulation (PDF file)
• Dallisgrass Poisoning Can Occur in Late Summer
• Extending the Grazing Season (PDF file)
• Forage Legume Innoculation (PDF file)
• Forage Seed Selection and Quality
• Tall Fescue: No-till Establishment, Defoliation, Growth Distribution, Yield, Stockpiling Management, and Nutritive Value

Pest Management in Forage

• General Resources

  • Scouting Alfalfa

• Forage Disease Management

  • Alfalfa Disease Management

• Forage Insect Management

  • Green June Beetle Grubs
  • Insects Found in Forage and Pasture
  • Pests of Forages and Pastures
  • Scouting for Insects in Alfalfa

• Forage Weed Management

  • Johnsongrass

Peanuts

Production Information

• North Carolina Peanut Production Guide (PDF file)
• Advisory Index for Transitioning from Conventional to Reduced Tillage Peanut Production in North Carolina (PDF file)
• Crop Profile for Peanuts in North Carolina (PDF file)
• Conservation Tillage Use in Peanut Production (PDF file)
• Peanut Seed Production -- A Guide for Producers of Virginia-type Peanut Seed (PDF file)

Pest Management of Peanuts

• General Resources

  • NCSU Crop Science Peanut Publications and Related Information
  • Crop Profile for Peanuts in North Carolina
  • Integrated Pest Management Peanut Scouting Manual (PDF file)
  • Tank Mixing Chemicals Applied to Peanut Crops: Are the Chemicals Compatible? (PDF file)
  • Wildlife and Pesticides - Peanuts

• Peanut Insect Management

  • Pests of Peanuts
  • Southern Corn Rootworm Advisory for Peanut Pod Damage in North Carolina and Virginia

• Peanut Disease Management

  • Peanut Disease Guide - North Carolina and Virginia
  • Peanut Disease Information Notes
  • Managing Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Peanuts in North Carolina and Virginia (PDF file)

Pesticides and Human Health

• Apples
• Pesticides and human health: apples (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: manzanas (PDF File)
• Christmas Trees
• Pesticides and human health: Christmas trees (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: arboles de Navidad (PDF File)
• Cucumbers
• Pesticides and human health: cucumbers (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: pepinos (PDF File)
• Grapes
• Pesticides and human health: grapes (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: uvas (PDF File)
• Green Peppers
• Pesticides and human health: green peppers (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: pimientos verdes (PDF File)
• Sweet Potatoes
• Pesticides and human health: sweet potatoes (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: camotes (PDF File)
• Tobacco
• Pesticides and human health: tobacco (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: tabaco (PDF File)
• For Health Providers: Pesticides and human health: tobacco (PDF File)
• Tomatoes
• Pesticides and human health: tomatoes (PDF File)
• En Español: Los pesticidas y la salud humana: tomates (PDF File)

Small Grains

Marketing Information

• NC State Grain Marketing

Production Information

• Crop Profile for Small Grains in North Carolina
• NC Small Grains (Soft Red Winter Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Triticale) Production Web Site
• Small Grain Production Guide

Pest Management in Small Grains

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Small Grains in North Carolina
  • Pesticides & Wildlife-Small Grains
  • Scouting Small Grains

• Small Grain Insect Management

  • Hessian Fly
  • The Hessian Fly: A Pest of Wheat in North Carolina
  • Managing The Cereal Leaf Beetle in Small Grains and Corn
  • Pests of Small Grains
  • Preventive Measures for Reducing Damage to Bagged Commercial Seed in Warehouses

• Small Grain Disease Management

  • Understanding and Coping with Effects of Mycotoxins in Livestock Feed and Forage
  • Wheat and Small Grain Disease Management

• Small Grain Weed Management

  • Small Grain Weed Control

Soybeans

Production Information

• Break-even Soybean and Corn Harvesting Yields (PDF file)
• Characteristics of Soybean Varieties in North Carolina
• Crop Profile for Soybeans in North Carolina (PDF file)
• Reduce Soybean Harvest Losses
• Soybeans as forage for grazing, hay or silage

Pest Management in Soybeans

• General Resources

  • Pesticides and Wildlife - Soybeans
  • Scouting Soybeans in North Carolina

• Soybean Insect Management

  • Pests of Soybeans
  • Soybean Insect Management

• Soybean Disease Management

  • Disease Resistance in Soybean
  • Frogeye Leaf Spot of Soybean
  • Identification and Management of Mid-to-Late Season Soybean Stem and Root Rots
  • Management of Lance Nematode on Soybean
  • Management of Soybean Cyst Nematode
  • Soybean Seed and Seedling Diseases

• Soybean Weed Management

  • Annual Broadleaf Weed Control
  • Annual Grass Control
  • Harvest Aid
  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Nutsedge Control
  • Perennial Broadleaf Weed Control
  • Perennial Grass Control
  • Postemergence Grass and Broadleaf Herbicide Combinations
  • Responsible Use of Herbicides
  • Scouting for Weeds in Soybean
  • Selecting a Herbicide Program
  • Sicklepod Control
  • Spray Adjuvants
  • Weed Management in Soybeans
  • Weed Management Strategies to Use in Conjunction with Herbicides

Tobacco

Marketing and Economics

• NCSU Agricultural and Resource Economics: Tobacco Enterprise Budgets

Production Information

• 2007 Burley Tobacco Information
• 2011 Flue-Cured Tobacco Information
• Crop Profile for Tobacco in North Carolina (PDF file)
• Tobacco Seedling Nutrition in the Greenhouse Float System (PDF file)
• Tobacco Variety Trials

Pest Management in Tobacco

• General Resources

  • Crop Profile for Tobacco in North Carolina
  • Pesticides and Human Health: Tobacco (PDF file) (PDF file) (En Español Los pesticidas y la salud humana: tabaco)
  • For Health Providers: Pesticides and Human Health: tobacco-
  • Pesticides and Wildlife - Tobacco
  • Scouting Tobacco in North Carolina

• Tobacco Insect Management

  • Pests of Tobacco

• Tobacco Disease Management

  • Tobacco Blue Mold Forecast Center
  • Tobacco Disease Information Notes
  • Black Shank
  • Brown Spot
  • Collar Rot in Tobacco Greenhouses
  • Control of Tobacco Mosaic Virus on Flue-Cured Tobacco
  • Granville Wilt
  • Pythium Root Rot in Tobacco Greenhouses
  • Rhizoctonia Diseases in Tobacco Greenhouses
  • Tobacco Disease Management in Greenhouses

Weather and Climate Information

• Horticulture Information Leaflets: Weather Information for Horticulture
• Average First Fall Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
• Average Growing Season for Selected North Carolina Locations
• Average Last Spring Frost Dates for Selected North Carolina Locations
• Average Solar Radiation and Wind Information for North Carolina
• Frost/Freeze Protection for Horticultural Crops (PDF version)
• Guide To Deciding When To Start And Stop Irrigating For Frost Protection of Fruit Crops (PDF version)
• Weather and Climate Information for North Carolina Farmers (PDF version)