Agrilife Extension Resources

This field guide describes and illustrates the 106 most common potentially toxic plants in Texas.

This publication explains how to use, store, handle, and dispose of pesticides properly.

Growers have more transgenic corn hybrids to choose from than ever before. While these traits offer resistance to insects, herbicides, disease, and drought, growers must manage these hybrids appropriately and adhere to stewardship agreements and other requirements to preserve these benefits and the technology that produces them. (7 pages)

Freeze injury in wheat is a complex issue involving environmental, cultural, and physiological factors that can cause freeze damage to vary between and even within fields, making it difficult to assess crop injury. Knowing when and where to scout for damage, what symptoms to look for, and how to manage an injured crop is critical […]

This publication discusses the types of tilling systems and the conditions for using each in South and Central Texas. Reduced or conservation tillage can benefit sorghum crops and increase profit. (4 pages)

Growers can obtain higher prices and increased profits for their grain sorghum by applying harvest aids, which are chemicals that bring the grain to a more uniform percentage of moisture at harvest. (3 pages)

This 3-page publication explains nitrogen requirements, the problems associated with nitrogen deficiency, and ways to correct deficiencies using urea as a source of nitrogen.

This 3-page publication discusses the growth, marketing, and processing of canola.

Bronze wilt is a disease of cotton characterized by bronze or red discoloration and wilting of leaves. This publication describes bronze wilt symptoms, the cause, and epidemiology of the disease, the varieties in which it has been observed, and ways to distinguish bronze wilt from other diseases. (4 pages)