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Current Status of Boll Weevil Eradication Programs
National Cotton Council – 2007 | Region | Status | Approx. Acres | | Post Eradication: | Start Date | Program year | 4,861,000 | | VA-NC-SC-GA-FL-S.AL | Fall ’78 thru ‘87 | Post Eradication | 2,800,000 | | CA-AZ-NW.Mexico | Fall 83 thru ‘87 | Post Eradication | 950,000 | | C.AL-N.AL-M.TN | Fall ‘93 & 94 | Post Eradication | 200,000 | | TX- Southern Rolling Plains | Fall ’94 | Post Eradication | 250,000 | | TX - Rolling Plains Central | Fall ‘96 | Post Eradication | 661,000 | | | | Active Programs: | Start Date | Program year* | 9,545,000 | | TX - South Texas/Winter Garden | Fall ‘96 | 11 | 460,000 | | Mississippi – Central Hills | Fall ‘97 | 10 | 515,000 | | LA - Red River & SW Arkansas | Fall ‘97 | 8 | 80,000 | | MS - South Delta | Fall ‘98 | 9 | 154,000 | | Tennessee - SW | Fall ‘98 | 9 | 175,000 | | Oklahoma | Fall ‘98 | 9 | 200,000 | | NM – Luna Co./Mesilla Valley | Fall ‘98 | 9 | 20,000 | | AR - Southeastern | Fall ’99 | 8 | 355,000 | | LA - Northeast | Fall ‘99 | 8 | 495,000 | | MS - North Delta | Fall ‘99 | 8 | 530,000 | | TX - Western High Plains | Fall ’99 | 8 | 885,000 | | TX – Northwest Plains | Fall ’99 | 8 | 509,000 | | TX - PermianBasin | Fall ’99 | 8 | 776,000 | | TX – El Paso/Trans Pecos | Fall ‘99 | 8 | 46,000 | | TX - Northern Rolling Plains | Fall ’99 | 8 | 344,000 | | AR - Central | Fall ‘00 | 7 | 275,000 | | TN - Northwest | Fall ‘00 | 9 | 320,000 | | NM - Pecos Valley | Fall ‘00 | 7 | 10,000 | | Missouri | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 390,000 | | Ark – NE Ridge | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 125,000 | | TX - So. Blacklands | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 91,000 | | TX - Southern HP/Caprock | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 1,230,000 | | TX – Northern High Plains | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 558,000 | | New Mexico - (Roosevelt & Curry Co.) | Fall ‘01 | 6 | 40,000 | | TX - Upper Coastal Bend | Fall ‘02 | 5 | 172,000 | | Ark – NE Ridge (E. Poinsett Co.) | Fall ‘02 | 6 | 25,000 | | Ark – NE Delta | Fall ‘03 | 4 | 330,000 | | TX - St Lawrence | Fall '04 | 3 | 80,000 | | TX - Panhandle | Fall '05 | 2 | 70,000 | | TX - N. Blacklands, | Fall '05 | 2 | 100,000 | | TX - Lower Rio Grande Valley | Fall '05 | 2 | 185,000 | | | | | | Total Acres: 14,406,000 | | | | * 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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