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COTMAN Manual

compiled by Derrick Oosterhuis and Fred Bourland.

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Table Of Contents

• Document Introduction

1. Overview of the COTMAN Expert System of Cotton Plant Management
2. Initial Development of the COTMAN Program
3. Measures of Growth and Development
4. Effects of Insect-Plant Interactions on Crop
5. COTMAN Sampling and Data Collection
6. SQUAREMAN Decision Aids
7. Stepwise Progression through BOLLMAN with Instructions for Non-Computer Users
8. Reading COTMAN Analysis Reports
9. Interpretation of Crop Growth Patterns Generated by COTMAN
10. Using COTMAN to Manage Defoliation and Harvest Efficiency
11. Utilization of COTMAN to Enhance Yield and Revenue of Cotton
12. Costs and Benefits of COTMAN
13. Recurring Questions about COTMAN
14. Terminology and Concepts Related to the COTMAN Crop Monitoring

• Appendices
  
  

COTMAN Field Guide

• COTMAN Field Guide
• COTMAN Field Guide Poster

COTMAN Reports

• Interpretation of Crop Growth Patterns Generated by COTMAN, Special Report 181, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
• Non-Computer Version of BOLLMAN, Special Report 179, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

COTMAN Data Collection Forms

• Stand Density Collection Form
• First Fruiting Node Collection Form
• Squaremap Collection Form
• NAWF Collection Forms