Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference

56th Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control

D.D. Hardee and E. Burris

Control of Tarnished Plant Bugs in Mississippi Delta Cotton

M.B. Layton, J.L. Long, S.G. Flint, and L.M. Green

Suppression of Tarnished Plant Bugs in Cotton by Treatment of Early Season Wild Host Plants with Herbicides in Nine-Square-Mile Areas of the Mississippi Delta

Gordon L. Snodgrass, W.P. Scott, D.D. Hardee, and J.T. Robbins

Early Season Herbicide Treatment of Wild Host Plants in Marginal Areas Near Fields, Roads, and Ditches and Resulting Numbers of Tarnished Plant Bugs in Treated and Untreated Areas

G.L. Snodgrass, W.P. Scott, D.D. Hardee, and J.T. Robbins

Tarnished Plant Bug Suppression and Water Quality Impact from Herbicide Applications in Field

R.W. Costello, E. Burris, B.R. Leonard, G.L. Snodgrass, W.P. Scott, and D.D. Hardee

Field Plot Studies of Tarnished Plant Bugs on Selected Wild Host Plants With and Without Burndown Herbicide Application and Remote Sensing for Host Detection

D.L. Sudbrink, Jr., F.A. Harris, P.J. English, J.T. Robbins, and G.L. Snodgrass

The Development of Tarnished Plant Bug on Various Corn Tissue

C.A. Abel and G.L. Snodgrass

Development of Mycoinsecticides for Controlling Tarnished Plant Bugs on Wild Host Plants

Jarrod E. Leland and Robert W. Behle

Reproductive Diapause in Tarnished Plant Bugs and its Effect on Non-Insecticidal Control Measures

Gordon L. Snodgrass

Lygus Abundance on Wild Hosts: A Survey Across the Texas High Plains

M.N. Parajulee, M.D. Arnold, S.C. Carroll, A.M. Cranmer, R.B. Shrestha, and P.L. Bommireddy

Comparison of Lygus elisus and Lygus hesperus Damage to One-Third Grown Squares of Texas High Plains Cotton

J.S. Armstrong and L. Camelo

Development of a Reliable and Efficient Sampling Plan for Cotton Fleahopper and Western Tarnished Plant Bug Using the Beat Bucket Sampling Method

Mark A. Muegge, Allen Knutson, Brent Baugh, Warren Multer, Russell Baker, and Sarah Downing

Impact of Naturally Occurring Beauveria bassiana on Lygus hesperus Populations

Michael R. McGuire

Assessing Injury by Stink Bugs to Stoneville 474 and its Transgenic Sibs

M. Roof, P. Bauer, and D. McAlister

Seasonal Occurrence of Stink Bugs and Tarnished Plant Bugs in Mississippi Cotton Fields

Heath G. Steede, M.B. Layton, and J.L. Long

Current Research with Lepidopteran Pests of Bollgard Cotton

Jeff Gore, John Adamczyk, Dick Hardee, and Roger Leonard

Survey of Insect Boll Damage and Insecticide Use in Georgia 2002

P. Roberts, S. Brown, J. Clark, W. Duffie, W. Harris, R. McDaniel, E. McGriff, C. Ward, and J. Whiddon

Consulting from 12,000 Feet: The Use of Multi Spectral Imagery in Consulting for Insects, Diseases, Plant Growth Regulators and Defoliation

Joe Townsend, Tripp Hayes, and John McKee

Nocturnal Migrations of Cotton Insect Pests Indicated by Doppler Radar Observations

J.K. Westbrook and R.S. Eyster

Opportunities for Prescription Insecticide Applications in Louisiana: Development and Evaluation of Aerial SVI

B.R. Leonard, R.D. Bagwell, J. Temple, D. Culli, D. Magoun, E. Barham, and J. Hardwick

Efficacy of Bollgard II Cotton under Non-Enhanced Agronomic Conditions in North Carolina, 1996-2002

Jack S. Bacheler and Dan W. Mott

Boll Damage by the Stink Bug/Plant Bug Complex in South Carolina

Sam G. Turnipseed, Michael J. Sullivan, Aaron M. Hagerty, and Amy L. Gibson

Contributions of Non-Cotton Hosts to Bollgard® Refuge

Dick Hardee, John Adamczyk, Jeff Gore, Randy Luttrell, Marvin Wall, B. Roger Leonard, Ashley Peters, John Ruberson, J.R. Bradley, Ryan Jackson, John Van Duyn, Graham Head, Sakunta Sivasupramaniam, J. Walt Mullins, and Richard Voth

Quantification of Helicoverpa zea Populations in Eastern North Carolina Crop Environments: Implications for B. t. Resistance Management

R.E. Jackson, J.R. Bradley, Jr., and J.W. Van Duyn

Bollworm Population Production and Associated Damage in Bollgard® and Bollgard II® Cottons under Insecticide-Treated and Non-Treated Conditions

R.E. Jackson, J.R. Bradley, Jr., and J.W. Van Duyn

Bollgard II: Improvements in Efficacy and Spectrum Against Lepidopteran Pests of Cotton

S. Sivasupramaniam, L.G. Ruschke, J.A. Osborn, M.E. Oppenhuizen, J.W. Mullins, K.G. Watson, and G. Mueller

Bollgard II® Efficacy on Fall Armyworm in a Screened Enclosure Bioassay

Brian Coots and Dan Pitts

2002 Bollgard II® Performance in the Mid-South

A.L. Catchot and Walt Mullins

2002 Bollgard II® Performance in the Southeast

Stew Sherrick, Dan Pitts, Rich Voth, and Walt Mullins

Adapting Refuge Strategies for Bt Cotton to the Needs of Different Countries

Graham Head, K.S. Mohan, K.C. Ravi, and Wally Green

Eight Years of Economic Comparisons of Bollgard® Cotton

Jim Hudson, Walt Mullins, and Jane M. Mills

Performance of Early-Season Insecticides under Adverse Conditions in West Tennessee

Gary L. Lentz, Nancy Van Tol, and Dana Pekarchick

Thrips Control on BollGard and Non-BT Cotton Varieties

James R. Weeks and William Birdsong

Rate of Consumption of Cotton Aphids by Convergent Lady Beetles in the Laboratory

M.N. Parajulee and R.B. Shrestha

Ten Years of the Cotton Aphid Fungus Sampling Service

Don Steinkraus, Gabriele Boys, Patricia O'Leary, Ralph Bagwell, Barry Freeman, Blake Layton, Gus Lorenz, Philip Roberts, and Tommy Walker

Status of the Pink Bollworm Suppression/Eradication Program in Texas

C.T. Allen, S.E. Herrera, L.E. Smith, L.W. Patton, and O. El-Lissy

Pink Bollworm Eradication in the U.S. and Mexico, 2002

Osama El-Lissy, R.T. Staten, and Bill Grefenstette

Age Structure and Sex Ratio of Lygus hesperus Populations in California Cotton

Andrew G. Zink and Jay A. Rosenheim

Management of Late-Season Insect Pests for Protection of Cotton Quality in the San Joaquin Valley

L.D. Godfrey, K.E. Keillor, P.B. Goodell, M.R. McGuire, J. Bancroft, and R.B. Hutmacher

Silverleaf Whitefly and Okra-Leaf Cotton — The Leaf Area Factor

C.C. Chu, T.Y. Chen, T.J. Henneberry, and E.T. Natwick

Leaf Shape Relationship to Whitefly Colonization in Cotton

E.T. Natwick, C.C. Chu, and M. Lopez

Pesticide Update in Arizona Cotton for 2002

Elizabeth H. Shanley and Paul B. Baker

EPA IRM Requirements for Bollgard® II Cotton

S.R. Matten and A.H. Reynolds

In-Season Monitoring of Resistance and Species Composition to Aid in Management of Heliothines in Virginia Cotton

D. Ames Herbert, Jr. and Sean Malone

Effect of Planting Date on the Economics of Early Season Square Protection as Monitored by COTMAN

Tommy Doederlein, Brant Baugh, James F. Leser, and Randy Boman

Plant Response to Different Levels of Pre-Bloom Square Removal and its Relevance to Plant Bug Management

Brant Baugh, James F. Leser, Randy Boman, and Tommy Doederlein

Monitoring Insect Resistance in Arkansas to Chemical Insecticides and Bt-Endotoxins

M.I. Ali, R.G. Luttrell, S.Y. Young, III, K.C. Allen, and L.T. Luttrell

Use of Atmospheric Plasma for Insect Control

R. Michael Roe, Shengyou Long, Mohamed A. Bourham, Brian L. Bures, and Travis K. Gray

Profiling Seasonal Expression of Cry2Ab in Bolls of Dual-Toxin Bt Cotton

D.S. Akin, M.B. Layton, S.D. Stewart, and John J. Adamczyk, Jr.

BollgardII®: Influence on Predaceous Arthropods and Activity Against Pests under Different Management Scenarios

Aaron M. Hagerty, Sam G. Turnipseed, Michael J. Sullivan, and Amy L. Gibson

Population Dynamics of Heliothis virescens in a Multiple Crop System

Mark R. Abney, Clyde E. Sorenson, and J.R. Bradley, Jr.

B.t. Resistance Evolution in the H. zea Population in Eastern North Carolina

R.E. Jackson, J.R. Bradley, Jr., F. Gould, J.W. Van Duyn, and A.D. Burd

Cotton Aphid (Homoptera:Aphididae) Treatment Threshold Incorporating Natural Enemies in Arkansas Cotton

Hugh E. Conway, Donald C. Steinkraus, and Timothy J. Kring

Utilizing End of the Season Box Mapping to Assess Within the Season Insect Problems

K.C. Allen, R.G. Luttrell, and C.D. Parker, Jr.

When Does Brown Stink Bug, Euschistus servus (Say), Begin to Injure Cotton?

M.M. Willrich, D.R. Cook, J.H. Temple, B.R. Leonard, and J. Gore

Relative Effects of the Insecticide Thiamethoxam (Actara®) on the Predator Podisus nigrispinus and the Tobacco Whitefly in Nectaried and Nectariless Cotton

Jorge B. Torres, Christian S.A. Silva-Torres, and John R. Ruberson

Cotton Insect Losses — 2002

Michael R. Williams

Cotton Insect Loss Estimates — 2002

Michael R. Williams

Efficacy of Mustang Max (F0570) for Insect Pest Control in Cotton

W. Davis Martin, H. Gary Hancock, Tom I. Crumby, and Joe Reed

DOUBLETHREAT®: A New Insecticide Pre-Mix for Broadspectrum Cotton Insect Pest Control

J.P. Reed and H.R. Mitchell

Adjuvant and Nozzle Effects on Insecticide Efficacy in Cotton

Patrick M. McMullan and James M. Thomas, III

Insecticide Susceptibility of Louisiana Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Populations

D.R. Cook, J. Temple, R.H. Gable, S. Micinski, W.F. Waltman, A.M. Stewart, B.R. Leonard, and R.D. Bagwell

COTONSIMBAD System: Modeling Feeding Behavior of Cotton Bollworms for Evaluation of Crop Pest Interactions

S. Nibouche, P. Martin, M. Cretenet, E. Jallas, and S. Turner

Field Efficacy of Dow Agrosciences MXB-13 Transgenic Cotton for Control of Cotton Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm

Randy M. Huckaba, Ralph B. Lassiter, Xinpei Huang, Carlos A. Blanco, Vernon B. Langston, L.B. Braxton, Fikru J. Haile, Jesse M. Richardson, and John Pellow

Field Efficacy of Dow Agrosciences MXB-13 Trangsgenic Cotton for Control of Foliar Feeding Lepidopterous Insects

Vernon B. Langston, Xinpei Huang, Carlos A. Blanco, Ralph B. Lassiter, Randy M. Huckaba, L.B. Braxton, Fikru Haile, Jesse M. Richardson, and John Pellow

Field Studies to Support Insect Resistance Management (IRM) Plan for the Dow Agrosciences' B. t. Cotton

Carlos A. Blanco, Eric Flora, Vernon Langston, Ralph Lassiter, Joel Mahill, Jesse Richardson, Nicholas Storer, Terry Wright, and Roger Leonard

Acute Toxicity of Novel Insecticides to Orius insidiosus and Cotesia marginiventris

John R. Ruberson and Michael W. Fairbanks

Field Performance of Vip Cotton Against Various Lepidopteran Cotton Pests in the U. S.

Victor J. Mascarenhas, Frank Shotkoski, and Roy Boykin

Postharvest Mortality of Boll Weevils Relative to Tillage in Fallen Cotton Squares and Bolls

S.M. Greenberg, A.T. Showler, T.W. Sappington, J.M. Bradford, S. Carroll, M. Arnold, M. Parajulee, A. Brashears, and A. Knutson

Modules, Gins, and the Threat of Boll Weevil Introductions: What We Know So Far

Thomas W. Sappington, Alan D. Brashears, Megha N. Parajulee, Stanley C. Carroll, Mark D. Arnold, John W. Norman, Jr., Allen E. Knutson, and Roy V. Baker

Status of Boll Weevil Eradication in Texas

C.T. Allen, L.E. Smith, L.W. Patton, and R.O. Newman

Boll Weevil Eradication Update — Arkansas, 2002

Danny Kiser, Michael Catanach, and Douglas Ladner

Boll Weevil Eradication in the U.S., 2002

Osama El-Lissy and Bill Grefenstette

Influence of Cotton Cultivar and Planting Date on Fleahopper and Lygus Populations in the Texas High Plains

Andy M. Cranmer, Megha N. Parajulee, James F. Leser, Padma L. Bommireddy, Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll, and Mark D. Arnold

Effect of Irrigation Regimes on Insect Populations in Texas High Plains Cotton

P. Latha Bommireddy, Megha N. Parajulee, Dana O. Porter, Ram B. Shrestha, Andy M. Cranmer, Mark D. Arnold, and Stanley C. Carroll

Seasonal Abundance Patterns of Thrips and Fleahoppers in Texas High Plains Cotton

Ram B. Shrestha, Megha N. Parajulee, Andy M. Cranmer, Padma L. Bommireddy, Stanley C. Carroll, and Mark D. Arnold

Activity of Neonicotinoids Against Pests and Predaceous Arthropods in Cotton in South Carolina

Amy L. Gibson, Sam G. Turnipseed, Michael J. Sullivan, and Aaron M. Hagerty

Comparative Ovicidal Activity of Various Neonicotinoids Against Current Standards in Cotton

Margery L. Ambrose, J.R. Bradley, Jr., and John W. Van Duyn

Examination of Production and COTMAN Records on a Large Arkansas Farm: A Foundation for Area-Wide Insect Management

Mandy McFall, R.G. Luttrell, Tina Gray Teague, William Baker, Diana Danforth, David Wildy, Dale Wells, and Patricia O'Leary

Response to Mechanical and Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris) Injury of Seedling Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

S. Coy, T.G. Teague, N.P. Tugwell, E.J. Villavaso, and L. Hilburn

Evaluating Cotton Race Stocks for Resistance to Whiteflies

Brandon Ripple, M. Harris, and C.W. Smith

Aphids as Beneficial Insects? Effects of a Cotton Aphid-Fire Ant Mutualism on Biological Control

Ian Kaplan and Micky D. Eubanks

Plant Growth and Yield Response to Trimax Insecticide in Georgia

H.S. Young and J. Holder

Plant Growth and Yield Response to TRIMAX® Insecticide in the East Mississippi Delta

Keith Vodrazka, Ben Meriweather, and Brian Sweeden

Plant Growth and Yield Response to TRIMAX® (Imidacloprid) Insecticide in the West Mississippi Delta

Alan Hopkins, Ross Bell, and Roger Bowman

Plant Growth and Yield Response to Trimax Insecticide in Texas and Oklahoma

Drew Palrang and John Cagle

Bioactivity of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus polymyxa on the American Bollworm Heliothis armigera

Abdelrahman M. Younis and Omar A.O. Saad

Factors Stimulating the Outbreaks of the Cotton Leafworm in Assuit Governorate

Ahmed Amin and Idris Salam

Compatible IPM Program of "Agreen" and "Trichoderma" in Cotton

Malak F. Gergis, Magda K. Megali, and Mortada A. Ali

Studies on the Effect of Some Safe Materials in the Changes of the Population Density of Sap Sacking Pests and Beneficial Insects

Marguerite A. Rizk

Distribution of Lygus spp. in the Northern Texas Rolling Plains

J.E. Slosser, E.P. Boring, III, and M.N. Parajulee

Evaluation of Sticky Traps for Monitoring Cotton Fleahopper Movement into Cotton

Charles P.-C. Suh, Dale W. Spurgeon, and Allen E. Knutson

Evaluation of New Insecticides for Control of Cotton Aphid in the Coastal Bend and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Roy D. Parker and John W. Norman

Impact of the Red Imported Fire Ant on Predators, Aphids and Eggs of Bollworm and Beet Armyworm in Cotton in Texas

Rodrigo Diaz, Allen Knutson, and Julio Bernal

Grain Sorghum as a Trap Crop for Southern Green Stink Bug in Cotton

Glynn Tillman and Ben Mullinix

Thips Injury and Early-Season Cotton Growth: Potential Interaction of Pendimethalin Injury and Systemic Insecticides

G. David Buntin, Timothy L. Grey, Phillip M. Roberts, and David C. Bridges

Effect of a New Neonicotinoid Insecticide on the Population of Beneficial Arthropods in Cotton in Brazil

Geraldo Papa, Fernando Juari Celoto, Maurício Rotundo, and Germison Vital Tomquelsk

Influence of Temik Rates on Thrips Control in UNR Cotton

R.R. Dobbs, N.W. Buehring, M.P. Harrison, J.T. Reed, and M.H. Willcutt

Management Considerations for Stink Bugs

Jeremy K. Greene and Chuck D. Capps

Heliothine Boll Damage Survey in Arkansas, 2002

Gus Lorenz, Don Johnson, Randall Luttrell, Glenn Studebaker, and Jeremy Greene

Control Options for Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris

Jeremy K. Greene and Chuck Capps

Evaluation of New and Existing Heliothine Insecticides in Southeast Arkansas

Jeremy K. Greene, Chuck Capps, and Gus M. Lorenz

Bollgard II Evaluations in Arkansas

Donald R. Johnson, Gus Lorenz, Doug Walsh, Jeremy Greene, and Chuck Capps

Control Options for Thrips in Southeast Arkansas

Jeremy K. Greene, Chuck Capps, and Jack Reed

Thrips Management in Arkansas Cotton

Donald R. Johnson, Gus Lorenz, Glenn Studebaker, and Doug Walsh

Management of Plant Bugs in Arkansas

Doug Walsh, Gus Lorenz, Donald R. Johnson, Randy Luttrell, and Glenn Studebaker

Effect of Aerial Application Parameters Simulated on a Spray Table on Insecticidal Mortality of Cotton Aphids and Stink Bugs

Juan D. López, Jr., M.A. Latheef, W.C. Hoffmann, and I.W. Kirk

Toxicity of Selected Insecticides to Southern Green Stink Bugs Determined by Adult Vial Test: A Preliminary Report

Juan D. López, Jr. and M.A. Latheef

Survey of Worm Damaged Cotton Bolls in Northeast Louisiana

T.B. McKnight, R.D. Bagwell, and S.T. Kelly

Influence of Management on Crop Microclimate and Control of Cotton Bollworm and Boll Weevil

J.P. Breen Pierce and P.E. Yates

Temporal Occurrence of Bollworm Adults in Pheromone Baited Traps Across Louisiana

E.A. Peters, D.R. Cook, B.R. Leonard, and J.H. Temple

Diet-Mediated Termination of Boll Weevil Dormancy

Dale W. Spurgeon and Charles P.-C. Suh

The "Halo" Effect Associated with Bollgard® Cotton Refuges

R.H. Gable, B.R. Leonard, D.R. Cook, M.M. Willrich, and J. Gore

Effects of Drought Stressed Cotton on Beet Armyworm Oviposition Preference and Larval Growth

A.T. Showler

Performance of Bt Cotton in Mississippi: A 7-Year Summary

M.B. Layton, M.R. Williams, and J.L. Long

Survival of Boll Weevils Trapped under Cotton Module Tarps

M.D. Arnold, M.N. Parajulee, S.C. Carroll, T.A. Sappington, and A.D. Brashears

Beet Armyworm Population Abundance in Cotton as Affected by Pigweed

Stanley C. Carroll, Megha N. Parajulee, Ram B. Shrestha, and Mark D. Arnold

Termination of Cotton Stalks with Herbicides in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas — 2002

John W. Norman, Jr., Sasha Greenberg, Alton N. Sparks, Jr., and Charles Stichler

Evaluation of Remote Sensing Capabilities in Weed Detection and Mapping in Cotton

Dorgelis Villarroel, Javed Iqbal, Alex Thomasson, and Scott D. Stewart

Control of Cotton Aphids in Mississippi Cotton

J.L. Long, M.B. Layton, L.M. Green, and S.G. Flint

Boll Weevil Eradication in the Northern Rolling Plains and Southwestern Oklahoma

Emory Boring, Jeffrey Slosser, Miles Karner, and Jerry Goodson

Control of Bollworm/Tobacco Budworm Complex in Arkansas Cotton in 2002

Glenn E. Studebaker, Donald R. Johnson, and Doug Walsh

Relative Status of Boll-Damaging Insects in Bollgard vs. Conventional Cotton in North Carolina, 1996 to 2002

Jack S. Bacheler and Daniel W. Mott

Evaluation of Dow Agrosciences' Cry1Ac/Cry1F Trait for Improved Lepidopteran Control

John J. Adamczyk, Jr., Jeff Gore, and John Pellow

Sampling Efficiency of the Keep-it-Simple-Sampler for Adult Boll Weevils

J.F. Esquivel, D.W. Spurgeon, and C. Suh

DNA Fingerprinting Boll Weevil Populations from Non-Eradicated States and Northeast Mexico

Kyung Seok Kim and Thomas W. Sappington

Evaluation of Cotton Regrowth Control Using Remote Sensing

C. Yang, S.M. Greenberg, J.H. Everitt, M.R. Davis, and J.W. Norman, Jr.

Status of the "Attract and Control" Technology in Boll Weevil Prevention, Suppression and Eradication Programs in Latin America During Crop Cycles 2001/2002 and 2002/2003

T.A. Plato, J.E. Gonzalez, A. Ingolotti, O.G. Manessi, M. Margulis, S.E. Plato, and R. Sanz

Evaluation of Several Early Season Thrips Management Approaches for Texas High Plains Cotton

James F. Leser and Monti R. Vandiver

Development of Antibodies for Detection of the Cotton Aphid Fungus, Neozygites fresenii

Walter Bliss, Barbara Schoedel, Murali Bandla, Willye Bryan, and Don Steinkraus

Stink Bug Management

Jeremy K. Greene

A Review of the Inheritance of Insecticide Resistance by the Tobacco Budworm (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

Dan A. Wolfenbarger and A.C. Bartlett

Efficacy of an Insect Growth Regulator and an Insecticide Against the Silverleaf Whitefly on Cotton

Dan A. Wolfenbarger

Factors Affecting Economic Benefit Derived from Using Insecticides to Control Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)/Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), in Oklahoma 1976-1990

Miles A. Karner, Richard Price, and D.A. Wolfenbarger

Response to Insecticides by Four Crosses of Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Strains from North America

D.A. Wolfenbarger and D.J. Wolfenbarger

Cross and Multiple Resistance and Selection for Response to Insecticides by Beet Armyworm Strains from Mexico and Guatemala

D.A. Wolfenbarger and D.J. Wolfenbarger

Genomics of Digestion of the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni

Deborah M. Thompson, Joanna R. Carlson, Sayed M. Khalil, Matthew B. Vanderherchen, Douglas D. Anspaugh, and R. Michael Roe