Suggested Insecticides for Managing Cotton Insects in the High Plains, Rolling Plains and Trans Pecos Areas of Texas--2008

15 pp., 5 tablesThis bulletin lists suggested insecticides (by brand name) and application rates for controlling cotton pests found in the High Plains, Rolling Plains and Trans Pecos areas of Texas. This publication should be used in conjunction with publication E-6 (non-chemical pest management practices) to avoid insecticide misuse

Protecting Elm Trees from Elm Bark Beetle on the Texas High Plains

4 pp., 2 photosThis publication can help you recognize and understand the development of the lesser European elm bark beetle, which threatens elm trees on the Texas High Plains. Management and prevention measures are discussed. Deciduous shade and flowering trees recommended as replacements for elms are listed

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn.

16 p

DM haloes in the fifth-force cosmology

<p>We investigate how long-range scalar interactions affect the properties of dark matter haloes. For doing so we employ the ReBEL model which implements an additional interaction between dark matter particles. On the phenomenological level this is equivalent to a modification of gravity. We analyse the differences between five ReBEL models and ACDM using a series of high resolution cosmological simulations. Emphasis is placed on investigating how halo properties change in the presence of a fifth force. We report that the density profile of ReBEL haloes is well described by the NFW profile but with mean concentrations from 5% to a few times higher than the standard ACDM value. We also find a slight increase of the halo spin for haloes more massive than 5 x 10(11) h(-1)M(circle dot), reflecting a higher rotational support of those haloes due to scalar forces. In addition, the dark matter haloes in our models are more spherical than their counterparts in ACDM. The ReBEL haloes are also more virialised, with a large difference from ACDM for strong fifth forces and a much smaller change for weak scalar interactions.</p>