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Best Management Practices for Colorado Corn

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Hybrid Selection

Planting Guide

Corn Growth Stages & Diagnostics

Integrated Pest Management

Insects

Corn Diseases


Weeds

Herbicide Injury


Useful Figures and Conversions

Soil Fertility
   Nitrogen
       Nitrogen Uptake
       PSNT
   Phosphorus
   Potassium

Irrigation
   Limited Water Management
   Irrigation Systems
   Surface Irrigation
   PAM
   Water Quality and Salinity

Tillage
   Compaction

Harvest

Record Keeping

Corn Production Calendar

Corn Book Index


Primary Authors:
Troy Bauder
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Colorado State University
Reagan Waskom
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Colorado State University
Contributing Authors:
Joel Schneekloth
Extension
Colorado State University
Jerry Alldredge
Extension
Colorado State University
Technical Writing and Support: Marjorie Nockels Ortiz
Debbie Fields
Layout, Graphic Design:
Nancy Reick, Kendall Printing

Funded by the Colorado Corn Growers Association/Colorado Corn Administrative Committee through a grant by the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment through a Section 319 Nonpoint Source Education Grant. Additional funding and support provided by the Agricultural Chemicals and Ground Water Protection Program at the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

Special acknowledgments to the following reviewers: Bruce Bosley, Colorado State University Extension
Bill Brown, Colorado State University
Grant Cardon, Colorado State University
Wayne Cooley, Colorado State University Extension
Bill Curran, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Ron Meyer, Colorado State University Extension
Frank Peairs, Colorado State University
Calvin Pearson, Colorado State University
Gary Peterson, Colorado State University
Dwayne Westfall, Colorado State University
Phil Westra, Colorado State University

Issued in furtherance of Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Milan A. Rewerts, Director of Extension, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. To simplify terminology, trade names of products and equipment are occasionally used. No endorsement of products mentioned is intended nor is criticism implied of products not mentioned.
Published by Colorado State University Extension in Cooperation with the Colorado Corn Growers Association/Colorado Corn Administrative Committee.Colorado State University Extension Bulletin XCM574A. February 2003.

 

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