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Scott Learning Center Research Reports

February 9, 2026

Welcome to the Field Research Page for the Scott Learning Center in Scott, MS. This page summarizes the results from our field research program. The Scott Learning Center (SLC) targets its research on:

  • Corn, cotton, and soybean for Southern U.S. crop production.
  • Enabling Southern Farmers with Large Scale Research Plots​
  • Research encompassing Various Soil Types found throughout the South​
  • Demonstration of digital Ag through use of ClimateTM tools​

  • Exploring cutting edge cotton technologies and best management practices

Bayer Scott Learning Center and the regions they support.

Each season the SLC conducts a grower directed research program on 400 acres of varying soil types in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The purpose of this program is to provide growers across the south and southeastern US with answers to questions about basic agronomics as well as guidance on Bayer product placement. We look forward to grower input into the programs at the SLC and as always, please feel free to contact us with any suggestions for future research topics.

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Cotton Research Reports

Cotton is a crop requiring significant in-season management inputs. To optimize performance of each variety planted, both growth habit and responses to plant growth regulators should be considered for each specific variety. Each year, the SLC conducts work evaluating varietal response to soil type, crop rotation, fertility management, planting populations and plant growth regulator applications. We have also begun to compile long term summaries of these studies to help define the response of broad groups of varieties to plant growth regulator applications.

Cotton Field with large cotton bolls throughout the field

Cotton & Plant Growth Regulator Studies

Evaluations of Stance® Plant Growth Regulator on Deltapine® Brand Cotton Varieties - 2022-2024

Deltapine® Brand Cotton Varieties Response to Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) Regimens – Mid-South - 2023-2025

Response of Deltapine® Cotton Varieties to Plant Growth Regulator Regimes - 2018-2022

A Meta-Analysis of Deltapine® Cotton Variety Response to Plant Growth Regulators at the Bayer Learning Center at Scott, MS - 2011-2021

Cotton Varieties - Field Research

Impact of ThryvOn® Technology on Key Thrips and Lygus Pest Populations in the Midsouth - 2024

Yield Potential of Deltapine® Cotton Varieties at Different Planting Dates - 2024

Response of Deltapine® Brand Cotton Products to Nitrogen Application Rate - 2024

Antique Alley - 2023

Evaluation of Supplemental Nitrogen Applications in Deltapine® Brand Cotton Products at the Bayer Learning Center, Scott, MS - 2024-2025

Evaluation of Deltapine® Brand Commercial and Non-Commercial Cotton Products at Scott, MS - 2018-2024

Cotton Row Spacing

Row Configurations in Cotton Production - 2019

Cotton Population/Skip Row Studies

Does Plant Growth Regulator Use Impact Boll Size and Locule Number in Cotton? - 2023

Cotton Trials to Evaluate Row Configurations, Cotton Boll Locule Development, and Agronomic Interactions Involving Variety, Seeding Rate, and Row Configuration in Relation to Boll Locule Development - 2021

Response of Deltapine Cotton Varieties to Seeding Rate - 2018-2019

Response of Cotton Varieties to Verticillium Wilt in West Texas - 2018

Soybean Research Reports

Soybeans are the largest acreage crop supported from the SLC. For this reason, soybeans are planted into a wide variety of production systems which represent very diverse soil types, row configurations and planting dates. Also, many acres are evaluated for replanting each season. Work ranges from replanting simulations, planter error simulations, planting date studies and a wide range of variety evaluations across several soil types.

Soybean field full of soybean plant

Soybean Varieties - Field Research

Evaluation of Asgrow® Brand Soybean Products on Southern Soils - 2019, 2021-2025

Soybean Seed Planting Date Reports

Planting Date for Asgrow® Brand Soybean Products in Southern States - 2019, 2021-2023, 2025

Soybean Planted on Different Dates and Harvested on the Same Date - 2020

Soybean Row Spacing Studies

Evaluating Soybean Row Configurations in the Midsouth - 2017-2019

Soybean Planting Errors & Replanting Soybean Seed

Soybean Yield Potential when Seedling Population is Reduced by Planting Errors, Machinery Malfunctions, and Environmental Factors - 2024

Skips and Planting Errors in Soybean - 2020-2021

Soybean Population Research

Evaluations of Soybean Seeding Rate and Yield Potential - 2022

Corn Research Reports

Southern corn production requires significant pre-plant planning. Each year, the SLC evaluates corn hybrid response to a variety of input decisions with the aim of helping to answer questions about southern corn production. Included is research that addresses corn hybrid population response, standability evaluations, planting depth studies and planting configuration comparisons.

Corn plants in a corn row early growth stage.

Corn Planting Depth Research

I’m ready to plant, but should I? 2022 - 2022

Corn Product Interactions with Planting Date and Seeding Depth - 2023 - 2024

Seedbed Preparation and Seeding Depth Influences on Corn Yield Potential–Mid-South 2025

Corn Population/Row Spacing

Non-B.t. Refuge Corn Hybrids: Seeding Rate Response – South - 2025

Population Responses of DEKALB Conventional Corn Seed - 2025

Corn Product Response to Fungicide Application and Seeding Rate - 2024-2025

Corn Product Response to Seeding Rate in the Midsouth - 2023-2025

Evaluations of Corn Planting Density and Planting Depth Across Seven DEKALB® Brand Products - 2019-2022

Evaluation of DEKALB® Brand Corn Products to Planting Rates - 2022

How do Twin Rows and Plant Population Impact Corn Yield Potential? - 2021

DEKALB® Roundup Ready® Corn 2 Refuge Corn Seed Study - Mid-South - 2020, 2021, and 2024, 2025

Yield Potential of DEKALB® Corn Products to Seeding Rate - 2018-2021

Corn Planting Techniques/Agronmics

Corn Fertilizer Source and Application Method - 2023

Impact of Corn Planting Depth on Day of Emergence, Ear Size, and Yield Potential - 2021-2022

Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Timing on Grain Yield and Ear Height of Four DEKALB® Brand Corn Products - 2024

Hybrid Corn Seed Field Studies

Evaluation of DEKALB® Hybrid Seed Performance in the South - 2019 - 2025

Corn Yield Analysis of Simulated Planting Errors: Missed Rows & Corn Compensation – South - 2025



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