Set Treatment Schedule for Plant Bugs
From Cotton Grower Magazine – June 2015 It’s plant bug season again. From emergence and on through flowering and fruiting, cotton’s public enemy number one makes life miserable for growers, especially...
View ArticleNC State: Managing Plant Bugs in Cotton Presquare
The N.C. State Extension cotton team is reporting that an initial flush of plant bugs coming from weeds is now moving into young cotton before squaring, causing a symptom known as “black flag” due to...
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Plan Cotton Insect Strategies for Mid to Late Bloom
Insect season is in full bloom in many parts of the Cotton Belt, with plant bugs and stink bugs firmly in the mix. And, bollworms generally begin showing up in late July and early August. In his...
View ArticleNew Webcast Focuses on Lygus Management in Texas High Plains
A new webcast focusing on comprehensive, ecologically-based IPM practices for habitat management of lygus in the Texas High Plains has been added to the Focus on Cotton online series from the Plant...
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Wake-Up Call for Old World Bollworm
From Cotton Grower Magazine – August/September 2015 USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed that the Old World bollworm (OWB), an aggressive global pest, has been found...
View ArticleCiting Bee Deaths, U.S. Appeals Court Vacates Transform Registration
Multiple media sources are reporting that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA approval of the pesticide sulfoxaflor, stating that the agency erred by granting the registration without...
View ArticleBoll Weevil Eradication Making Progress in Texas
A recent article in the Harlingen, TX Valley Morning Star highlighted the progress that the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (TBWEF) has made in eliminating the cotton boll weevil from the...
View ArticleUSDA Exploring New Options for Pink Bollworm Control
Pink bollworm control programs have practically eliminated the pest from cotton fields in parts of the lower Southwest and Far West. However, there can still be infestation flare-ups. USDA’s Animal and...
View ArticleEPA Issues Cancellation Order for Transform
EPA has issued a cancellation order for products containing sulfoxaflor – including Transform – in response to a September ruling by the Nine Circuit Court of Appeals that vacated the product...
View Article2016 Mississippi Insect Control Guide Now Available
The Mississippi 2016 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops is now available online, with hard copies available in January. The guide was developed by Mississippi State University entomologists Angus...
View ArticleOptions for Tarnished Plant Bug IPM Programs
As growers in the Mid-South plan for their 2016 cotton crop, there may be some questions regarding tarnished plant bug control, based on the availability of Transform insecticide. Mississippi State...
View ArticleThrips Continue to Drive Seed Treatment Use
Mississippi may see cotton acres increase as much as 40% this year. And, because of lower than usual commodity prices, one of the common questions for all crops has been, “What inputs can we cut in an...
View ArticleAgriLife Extension Scout School Set for April 5
The Texas Panhandle Scout School, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will be held April 5 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center (6500 Amarillo Blvd. West) in...
View ArticleProviding Sudden Impact in Worm Control
From Cotton Grower Magazine – April 2016 Veterans of the cotton industry have plenty of stories to tell about insect control – or the lack thereof – in the early 1990s. Pyrethroid resistance was...
View ArticleNew Webcast Addresses Thrips Management Strategies
A new webcast highlighting research data on thrips management strategies has been added to the Focus on Cotton online series from the Plant Management Network and Cotton Incorporated. Thrips are the...
View ArticleStates Seeking Transform Exemption for Plant Bugs
EPA has issued a public notice that the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Arkansas State Plant Board and Mississippi Department of Agriculture have requested emergency exemptions to use sulfoxaflor...
View ArticleTennessee Sets Cotton Scout School
The annual University of Tennessee Cotton Scout School will be held May 27 in Room A at the West Tennessee Research and Education Center (605 Airways Blvd, Jackson). Registration will begin at 8:00 AM,...
View ArticleAgriLife Extension: Monitor and Treat Early for Cotton Thrips
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension With cotton planting underway across the High Plains, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist is warning producers to be on the...
View ArticleEPA Approves Five Section 18s for Transform in Cotton
In response to requests from multiple states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted Section 18 emergency use exemptions in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee for...
View ArticleStart Putting Plant Bug Plans in Place
As earliest-planted Mid-South cotton begins to square, growers need to be watching for plant bug movement and activity, as well as start putting their treatment plans in place. Scott Stewart,...
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