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The BASIC Cotton Manual is a helpful guide
to cotton production utilizing bio-intensive, integrated pest
management strategies designed to reduce chemical inputs.
It includes information on soil quality and fertility, a biological
approach to pest management, information on the BASIC monitoring
program and finally a section on the marketing of Cleaner Cotton™.
BASIC Manual
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Basic Manual | Table of Contents
Sustainable Cotton Project Overview
Soil Fertility, Soil Quality, and Plant Health
Cotton Plant Nutrition
Crop Rotation
Conservation Tillage
Pest Management: Let Bugs Do the Work
Habitat Options
Alfalfa Habitat Planting: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
BASIC Soil and Insect Monitoring Program
Soil Sampling
Weekly Field Monitoring
Petiole Analysis
Plant Mapping
Augmenting Beneficial Insects
Spray Options for Reduced Risk Pest Management
Cotton Defoliation and Harvest
Marketing Cotton
College Campuses
Design Schools
Farm Tours
Current Trends
Cotton Production Contacts, References, and Web Sites
Cotton Defoliation
Plant Mapping for Vigor Management
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