Thursday, February 4, 2021

Looking Back as a Career Winds Down: 50 Years of Cotton IPM in Alabama (1971-2021)

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  I began my career as an Extension entomologist at Auburn University on April 24, 1972. To put that into perspective – Richard Nixon was pr...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Cotton Insect Control for Remainder of 2020 Season

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In most seasons, we would be entering t he home stretch for cotton insect control by early August. While this may be true for fields plante...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Thoughts and Tips for Bollworm Scouting on 2 Gene Cotton for 2020

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·        If monitoring 2 gene cotton in 2020, take note of the corn planting window in your area. This plays a large role in the emergen...
Monday, July 6, 2020

Tarnished Plant Bug Alert for Cotton

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Due to abundant rainfall over most of the state in recent weeks, the migration of adult plant bugs from wild host (daisy fleabane) has b...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Spider Mites

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Cotton Insect Report Following Tropical Storm Cristobal, spider mites are still building in parts of central Alabama. Spider mite infest...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Grasshopper: Sporadic Pest of Seedling Cotton

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Grasshoppers have been a sporadic pest of seedling cotton for 10 or more years. Growers reported observing high numbers of adult grasshopp...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Early Season Thrips Control Important

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Cotton planting and early season thrips management are almost upon us. We are fortunate today to have varieties that have three-plus bale...