Current Status of Boll Weevil Eradication Programs
National Cotton Council – Winter 2009
|
Region
|
Status
|
Approx. Acres 2008
|
| Post Eradication: |
Start Date |
Program year |
0 |
|
VA-NC-SC-GA-FL-S.AL
|
Fall ’78 thru ’87
|
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
CA-AZ-NW.Mexico
|
Fall ’83 thru ’87 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
C.AL-N.AL-M.TN
|
Fall ’93 & ’94 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX- Southern Rolling Plains
|
Fall ’94 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
| TX - Rolling Plains Central |
Fall ’96 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
| TX - Panhandle |
Spring ’04 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Mississippi – Central Hills
|
Fall ’97 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
LA - Red River & SW Arkansas
|
Fall ’97 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
MS - South Delta
|
Fall ’98 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Tennessee - SW
|
Fall ’98 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
AR - Southeastern
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
LA - Northeast
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
MS - North Delta
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX - Western High Plains
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX – Northwest Plains
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX - PermianBasin
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX – El Paso/Trans Pecos
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX - Northern Rolling Plains
|
Fall ’99 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
AR - Central
|
Fall ’00 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TN - Northwest
|
Fall ’00 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
NM - Pecos Valley
|
Fall ’00 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Missouri
|
Fall ’01 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Ark – NE Ridge
|
Fall ’01 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX - Southern HP/Caprock
|
Fall ’01 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX – Northern High Plains
|
Fall ’01 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
New Mexico - (Roosevelt & Curry Co.)
|
Fall ’01 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Ark – NE Ridge (E. Poinsett Co.)
|
Fall ’02 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
TX - St Lawrence
|
Fall ’04 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Oklahoma
|
Fall ’98 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
NM – Luna Co./Mesilla Valley
|
Fall ’98 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
|
Ark – NE Delta
|
Fall ’03 |
Post Eradication |
Not Reported
|
| * Pheromone trap monitoring continues after eradication. |
|
| Active Programs: |
Start Date |
Program year* |
964,662
|
|
TX - South Texas/Winter Garden
|
Fall ’96 |
14 |
528,000
|
|
TX - So. Blacklands
|
Fall ’01 |
9 |
84,522
|
|
TX - Upper Coastal Bend
|
Fall ’02 |
8 |
108,945
|
|
TX - N. Blacklands,
|
Fall ’05 |
5 |
55,990
|
|
TX - Lower Rio Grande Valley
|
Fall ’05 |
5 |
91,925 |
|
|
* Typical Program Year Descriptions:
|
|
Year 1= Fall applications of malathion beginning in August or September on nearly 100% of acres
|
|
Subsequent Years = Full season pheromone trapping and malathion treatments based on traping results.
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