2009 recommendations. Decisions about rice varieties are some of the earliest and most critical you will make. This information will help you decide which rice varieties are best suited to your particular growing conditions.

This publication includes keys to identification of water paspalum, brook paspalum, knotgrass and perennial barnyardgrass.

Summaries of Louisiana rice acreage by variety and by parish.

Distribution maps of Louisiana rice acreage by parish and variety.

Distribution maps of Louisiana rice acreage by parish and variety.

Summaries of Louisiana Rice Acreage by variety and by Parish.

Distribution maps of Louisiana rice acreage by parish and variety.

Distribution maps of Louisiana rice acreage by parish and variety.

Summaries of Louisiana rice acreage by variety and by parish.

2004 rice research program included breeding, biotechnology, variety testing, production and distribution of foundation seed, fertilization, soil and water management, cultural practices, weed control, insect control, disease investigations, rice drying, bird control in rice, and physiology studies. The aquaculture research program places emphasis upon production practices, forages, and multi-cropping of crawfish with agronomic crops

Article that provides instructions of how to prevent and treat insects infesting stored rice.

This 2008 guide was compiled by LSU AgCenter experts and includes regulations, precautions and suggestions for pest control in Louisiana. Detailed topics include drift of pesticides, hazards of pesticides to beneficial insects and wildlife, phytotoxicity and using beneficial insects to control pest populations. A section on organic gardening also is included.

Photograph and accompanying text on rice panicle size in relation to fungicide timing, dew and guttation affects on rice disease activity, identification of rice weeds, and rice insect pest management.

Distribution maps of Louisiana rice acreage by parish and variety.

Summaries of Louisiana rice acreage by variety and by parish.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice research verification harvest and hurricane damage on rice production.

A photograph of a labeled grass spikelet.

The panicle rice mite is a pest of commercial rice, Oryza sativa L., and also completes its development on the invasive plant Oryza latifolia Desv. During the summer of 2007, breeding facility greenhouses and fields in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and New York were found to be infested by PRM.

Photographs of sheath blight symptoms on rice.

Both adult and nymph chinch bugs will feed on rice.

This guide includes helpful information on herbicides and weed control with detailed suggestions for aquatics, commercial nursery stock, field crops, forestry, fruit crops, home gardens, lawns and many other Louisiana crops. It includes information on different types of herbicide registrations, as well as information on herbicide labels and restricted uses. Also included are sprayer calibration techniques, suggestions for reducing herbicide drift and a guide to proper spray tip selection.

(Distributed 09/05/08) Rice is among the many Louisiana agricultural commodities hurt by Hurricane Gustav, although the majority of the crop had been harvested in the southwest Louisiana rice belt before the storm came through.

(Distributed 09/09/08) WHITEVILLE – Farmer Jeffrey Sylvester gazed over a field that looked more suited for water-skiing than growing rice. “There’s a rice crop under that water,” he said. “That’s all standing rice.”

Cattle, rice, sugarcane, crawfish, wildlife and alligators are among many of Hurricane Rita casualties in southwestern Louisiana.

Farmers attending workshops in Acadia and Calcasieu parishes Tuesday (Oct. 25) learned about assistance for dealing with hardships caused by two hurricanes that struck the state this summer. Similar sessions, organized by the LSU AgCenter, were planned for New Iberia, Hammond and Raceland over the next few days.

Photographs of pickerelweed and its parts.

The LSU AgCenter soon will begin comprehensive tests for salt contamination in areas of Vermilion Parish hit by Hurricane Rita’s storm surge, but officials this week said the problem may not be as bad as originally feared.

Vermilion Parish rice farmer David Lacour emerged from a rice bin recently, covered in sweat and dust.

A series of PowerPoint slides presenting data on the effect of date of planting on yield and milling of selected rice varieties. Data are based on Dr. Steve Linscombe's date of planting studies at the Rice Research Station.

A series of PowerPoint slides explaining several aspects of soil testing, analysis and interpretation of results.

A series of PowerPoint images illustrating the identifying characteristcs of the European corn borer, the rice stalk borer and the sugarcane borer in rice.

A series of PowerPoint slides illustrating the biology, life cycle of the rice stink bug and the injury it causes to rice.

A tiny pest called the “panicle rice mite” has been found in the southern United States, including the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station at Crowley.

Links to other LSU AgCenter Web pages, university Web pages, rice organization Web pages, governmental Web pages and other pages pertinent to rice.

The southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) has one of the widest host ranges of any insect pest. Not surprisingly then, it is occasionally a pest of rice.

This video will teach you how to scout for the panicle rice mite in a rice field.

Text on correct rice harvest moisture, calculating yield to adjust 12 percent harvest moisture, and rice ratoon crop management practices.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice flower parts and iron toxicity in rice crops

Photographs and accompanying text on feral hog damage and sprangletop infestation.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice leaf blast.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice levee billbug.

This publication provides general information on rice drying as an aid to the producer who desires to store and dry on his farm.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice disease management tips and best timing to drain rice fields for harvest.

The agents are your local contact for all rice-related information produced by the LSU AgCenter.

The adult rice water weevil is small (about 1/8 inch or 3mm long). It resembles the cotton boll weevil and other snout beetles.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice drain timing, rice moisture meter, rice disease, and glyphosate drift.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice leaf lesions, outer grain purple color and rice drain timing.

A list of extension and research faculty to whom questions about rice may be addressed.

Photographs of red rice (Oryza sativa) and its various forms.

Photographs of water starwort (Callitriche heterophylla).

Photographs of mannagrass (Glyeria declinata) and some of its parts.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice plant growth stage, rice disease identification and control measures, weed identification, and iron problematic issues in rice fields

Photographs and accompanying text on fungicide applications, rice potassium deficiency, and rice panicle development.

Photographs and accompanying text on firing of rice leaf tips and rice insect pest identification and control.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice seed panicle development, sugarcane borer damage to rice plants and 2-4,D rice injury.

Both nymphs and adults cause damage by feeding with their piercing mouthparts.

Eclipta is a member of the Sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its flowers are numerous in a tight head.

Rice stink bugs (Oebalus pugnax) are the most important insect pest of headed rice in Louisiana.

Photographs and accompanying text describing rice disease and hail damage.

Photogaphs of red ludwigia or waterpurslane.

This study aims to identify and compare the performance of major yield components of doubled haploid (DH) lines influencing yield under irrigated conditions.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice plant panicle development and irrigation polypipe.

Photographs and accompanying text on torpedograss, black rice bug identification, sugarcane borer activity in rice, and panicle development in rice plants.

Table and accompanying text on rice disease management, scouting procedures, rice variety reaction to major diseases and disease control strategies.

This report presents results from a 2007 survey of rice production cropland rental arrangments in Louisiana. Results include average cash rent paid on a per land tract, per rice base acre and per rice planted acre basis. Additional information is also included for common share rental arrangements.

Photographs and accompanying text on herbicide drift, insect identification, weed identification, nutrient deficiency, water management for rice production and fungicide rates.

Photographs and accompanying text describing internode elongation (green ring), panicle differentiation, the Cercopspora complex, a table on fungicide rates and the adult rice leaf miner.

Photographs and accompanying discussion of Narrow Brown Leaf Spot disease, herbicide injury and localized decline in rice.

Photographs and accompanying text on phosphorus deficiency, glyphosate rice injury, chinch bug and rice water weevil activity, and aerial applications.

Photographs and accompanying text showing and explaining Newpath injury on rice.

Photographs and accompanying text describing the rice water weevil, localized decline of rice and lightning injury in rice.

Photographs and accompanying text describing chinch bugs and armyworms in rice.

Photographs and accompanying text describing temperature inversions, herbicide drift and nutrient deficiencies in rice.

Photographs and accompanying text describing the pupal stages and puparia of the rice water weevil.

A series of photographs depicting key growth stages in the development of rice before heading. Some of these are important in rice managment.

Photographs and accompanying text on slow-growing rice, rice water weevil and chinch bug management, phosphorus deficiency and lightning storm damage on wheat.

Photographs and accompanying text on red rice invading rice fields, seedling rice emergence, and planting rice in stubble ground.

Photographs of spikerush (Eleocharis sp.)

Photographs and accompanying text describing herbicide injury on rice plants.

Proper nitrogen fertilizer management is critical for high rice grain yields. The source of the nitrogen fertilizer, the placement of the fertilizer in the field, the application rate and application timing should all be carefully considered when developing a fertilizer management plan.

Salt water can become a problem in rice production, especially in some areas in dry years. This table can be used as a guide for tolerance of rice to salt water.

This article will provide a description, lifecycle, and damage to the crop caused by the rice stink bug. As well as recommendations for prevention and control.

Photographs and accompanying text on permanent rice flood, rice stand counts, identification of eclipta and fall panicum, rice water weevil damage, and rice seedling germination.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice bronzing, weed seedling identification, starter fertilizer and chinch bugs.

This page provides a description of the lifecycle, damage to crop, and how to prevent and manage the rice leafminer in rice.

Photographs and accompanying text illustrating leaf miners and localized decline in rice.

On April 23rd Dr. Ronnie Levy and I scouted a field in Acadia Parish and found it to be heavily infested with first instar chinch bug nymphs and shield bugs. This article includes pictures of the infestation and describes recommendations for control.

The mature rice kernel or grain is made up of several parts.

Copy of the 2005 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 2004 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 2003 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 2002 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 2001 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 2000 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 1999 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Copy of the 1998 Louisiana Rice Research Verification Program Report. These recommendations included, but were not limited to: Fertilization, weed control, disease control, insect control and water management to a limited degree. The fields were followed from planting to harvest.

Photographs and discussion of blackbird damage to rice, identification of weed seedlings, alligatorweed control and yellow rice.

The program continues to provide an accurate evaluation of current recommendations and provide insight into other areas of research.

Photographs and accompanying text describing principles of emergence, symptoms of Clincher herbicide, iron plaque on rice roots, and salt injury to rice reproduction.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice zinc deficiency (bronzing), soil-water management, and herbicide weed control.

Photographs and accompanying text describing cold temperature effects, seedling emergence and mud plantain.

Photographs and accompanying text showing rice seedling growth and rice seed midge damage.

Photographs and accompanying text on herbicide control of Juncus, Rice Water Weevil scouting, and rice seed drift.

Photographs and accompanying text on rice planting, rice seedling plants and rice seedling management decisions.

Photographs of arrowhead or duck-potato (Sagittaria sp.)

Photographs of water paspalum (Paspalum hydrophilum) and its distinguishing features.

The South American rice leaf miner, Hydrellia wirthi Korytkowski, is a newly reported insect pest of rice in the United States. It affected several rice fields in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas in 2004. Topics include description and life cycle, injury, scouting and managment. Color photos also included.

Photographs and accompanying text describing side inlet irrigation and pinpoint flood.

This report presents estimates of production costs for rice production in Louisiana for the 2008 crop year. Costs estimates are included for typical rice production systems, including conventional tillage, stale seedbed, production in rotation and fallow, as well as production of conventional and herbicide-resistant varieties. Production cost estimates are also included for soybeans, wheat and sorghum in Southwest Louisiana.

A series of slides on the method used to correctly calibrate a drill for rice planting.

Photographs and accompanying text explaining cold temperature effects on rice.

This report evaluates the economic impact of crawfish as a rotational crop on the rice enterprise, indentifying specific costs imposed on the rice enterprise unique to crawfish production and presenting relevant economic principles in the assignment of production costs to alternative farm enterprises from a farm accounting perspective.

Photographs and accompanying text describing the rice seed midge, swamp dayflower (Murdannia keisak), and a black widow spider.

The once-common practice of rotating cattle pastureland with rice fields is still a good idea that makes agricultural sense. Dr. Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter rice specialist, told approximately 40 people at an LSU AgCenter Master Farmer Field Day Thursday (March 23, 2006) that the rice-cattle rotation was once widely used throughout Louisiana.

A discussion of the procedure to calibrate a drill with accompanying photographs and calculations.

Photographs of various stages in the life cycle and type of damage associated with the sugarcane borer in rice.

Here's a photograph of long, medium and short rice grains with an explanation of how the classes are determined.

Photographs of Creeping Spotflower (Spilanthes americana var. repens).

(Distributed 03/11/08) CROWLEY – In general, fairly early planting of rice is desirable for maximizing yield and quality, as well as increasing the potential for a successful second crop in the southern part of the state. Sometimes, however, planting can be too early. Here on the Rice Research Station, we planted our first rice of 2008 on Feb. 29.