Cultural Control and Pink Bollworm Populations
dc.contributor.author | Chu, C. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Henneberry, T. J. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Silvertooth, Jeff | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-15T18:13:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-15T18:13:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/210914 | |
dc.description.abstract | A cotton management program in the Imperial Valley, CA was designed to reduce pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), populations. The program established I March as the earliest planting date, 1 September for defoliant or plant growth regulator application and 1 November for cotton stalk destruction and plowdown. In-season gossyplure-baited pink bollworm male moth activity monitoring and immature green cotton boll inspections for larval infestation were encouraged as decision making aids to determine the need for additional control action. Male pink bollworm moth catches in gossyplure-baited Lingren and delta sticky traps were significantly reduced each year from 1990 to 1994 following the initiation of the management program in 1989. Fewer larvae per cotton boll occurred in the years from 1990 to 1992. Fiber quality of commercial cotton sampled was also improved from 1989 to 1994, as compared to the 1984 to 1988 average. Cotton production, in general, was reduced during 1989 to 1994 in areas surrounding Imperial Valley and may have contributed partially to reduced populations in Imperial Valley. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Series P-103 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 370103 | en_US |
dc.subject | Agriculture -- Arizona | en_US |
dc.subject | Cotton -- Arizona | en_US |
dc.subject | Cotton -- Insect investigations | en_US |
dc.title | Cultural Control and Pink Bollworm Populations | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | USDA, ARS, Western Cotton Research Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona 85040-8830 | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | Cotton: A College of Agriculture Report | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-26T03:05:34Z | |
html.description.abstract | A cotton management program in the Imperial Valley, CA was designed to reduce pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), populations. The program established I March as the earliest planting date, 1 September for defoliant or plant growth regulator application and 1 November for cotton stalk destruction and plowdown. In-season gossyplure-baited pink bollworm male moth activity monitoring and immature green cotton boll inspections for larval infestation were encouraged as decision making aids to determine the need for additional control action. Male pink bollworm moth catches in gossyplure-baited Lingren and delta sticky traps were significantly reduced each year from 1990 to 1994 following the initiation of the management program in 1989. Fewer larvae per cotton boll occurred in the years from 1990 to 1992. Fiber quality of commercial cotton sampled was also improved from 1989 to 1994, as compared to the 1984 to 1988 average. Cotton production, in general, was reduced during 1989 to 1994 in areas surrounding Imperial Valley and may have contributed partially to reduced populations in Imperial Valley. |