PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1997 BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 6-10, New Orleans, LA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS

50th Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control D.D. Hardee and G.A. Herzog	809
Highlights of the 50th Annual Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference G.A. Herzog, D.D. Hardee and M.R. Williams	833
Cotton Insect Losses 1996 Michael R. Williams	834
Cotton Insect Losses – 1979 - 1996 Michael R. Williams	854
An Extension Entomologist's 1996 Observations of Bollgard (Bt) Technology Ron H. Smith	856
Efficacy of Grower-Managed Bt Cotton in North Carolina J.S. Bacheler, D.W. Mott and D.E. Morrison	858
On-Farm Experiences with Bt Cotton in South Carolina M.E. Roof, J.A. DuRant and J.T. Walker	861
Bt-cotton in Mississippi: The First Year M. Blake Layton, M.R. Williams and S. Stewart	861
Helicoverpa/Heliothis Management in Nucotn and Conventional Cotton Cultivars in Louisiana B.R. Leonard, H. Fife, K. Torrey, J.B. Graves and J. Holloway	863
Stoneville BXN/bt with Bollgard®: Efficacy Trials Conducted at the Northeast Research Station E. Burris, B.R. Leonard, D.R. Cook and J.B. Graves	867
Interactions of Helicoverpa Zea and Bt Cotton in North Carolina A.L. Lambert, J.R. Bradley, Jr. and J.W. Van Duyn	870
Transgenic Bt Cotton - Problems from Consultants' Perspective Harold Lambert	873
Transgenic Bt Cotton -Consultants' Views & Observations Roger Carter, James Clower, Ray Young and Harold Lambert	874
Transgenic Bt Cotton - Cotton Consultants Perspective Chuck Farr, Lonnie Bull, Ray Young and Roger Carter	875
Reduced Effectiveness of B.t. Cotton Following Disruption of Beneficials with Early Season Insecticides S.G. Turnipseed and M.J. Sullivan	876
Effect of Transgenic Cotton on Development of the Boll Weevil G.H. McKibben, E.J. Villavaso and J.C. McCarty	876
Cholesterol Oxidase: Potent Boll Weevil Larvicidal and Oöstatic Agent Suitable for Transgenic Cotton Development J.T. Greenplate, D.R. Corbin and J.P. Purcell	877
Resistance Monitoring in Bt Cotton: First Year Observations D.D. Hardee, D.A. Streett, L.C. Adams and G.W. Elzen	880
Development of Heliothis Antibodies for the Leptontm Htk Insect Diagnostic Test Kit Sen Seong Ng, Robert J. Cibulsky and Stephen C. Trowell	883
Commercial Experiences with the Lepton Test Kit in Australia A.M. Kay and P.A. Glover	884
An Evaluation of Resistance to Bt Toxins in Native Populations of the Pink Bollworm Alan C. Bartlett, T.J. Dennehy and Larry Antilla	885
Efficacy and Duration of Early Season Insecticides on Transgenic Bt Cotton J.T. Ruscoe, G.L. Andrews, J.B. Phelps and C.W. Bednarz	888
Influence of Early Season Treatments on Insect Populations and Yield in Bollgard (96 Bg-1) and Sure Grow 501 Cotton Varieties W.P. Scott, G.L. Snodgrass and D.A. Adams	892
Treatment Thresholds for Stink Bugs in Transgenic B.t. Cotton J.K. Greene. S.G. Turnipseed and M.J. Sullivan	895
Performance and Benefits of Karate® Insecticide on Bollgard® Cotton J. Mink, S. Harrison and S. Martin	898
Silverleaf Whitefly Lint Stickiness and Cotton Yields in Low and High Plant Populations of Untreated and Insecticide-Treated Long and Short Staple Cottons T.J. Henneberry, L. Forlow Jech, D.L. Hendrix, H.H. Perkins and D.E. Brushwood	899
Effects of Insecticide Applications on Bemisia Argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Densities, Honeydew Production, and Cotton Yields Wee L. Yee, Nick C. Toscano, D.L. Hendrix and T.J. Henneberry	907
Silverleaf Whitefly Infestation Levels and Percent Parasitism in Relation to Cotton Variety and Insecticide Treatments Eric T. Natwick, C.C. Chu, Allen C. Cohen, Gregory S. Simmons and Donald E. Brushwood	915
Strategies for Insecticide Resistance Management of Silverleaf Whitefly Populations in Two Upland Cottons: Ground Applications of Insect Growth Regulators and Pyrethroids D.H. Akey, T.J. Henneberry, L.H. Williams, III, T.J. Dennehy and P.C. Ellsworth	918
Bemisia Growth Regulators: Large-Scale Evaluation Peter C. Ellsworth, Jon W. Diehl, I.W. Kirk and Tom J. Henneberry	922
Bemisia Growth Regulators: A Field Sampling Protocol for Nymphs J.W. Diehl, P.C. Ellsworth and S.E. Naranjo	929
Bemisia Growth Regulators: Conservation of Natural Enemies? Steven E. Naranjo and James R. Hagler	932
Performance of Applaud® (Buprofezin) Against Silverleaf Whitefly in First Year's Commercial Use in Arizona John Lublinkho, Dale Comer and Leon Moore	934
Cotton Bollworm Control in North China in 1996 C.F. Sheng	934
Validation of Bollworm Migration Across South-Central Texas in 1994-1996 J.K. Westbrook, J.F. Esquivel, J.D. López, Jr., G.D. Jones, W.W. Wolf and J.R. Raulston	936
Evaluation of Some Insecticides Mixed with a Feeding Stimulant for Adult Bollworm J.D. Lopez, Jr., C.G. Clemens and R.W. Meola	940
Defining the Period of Boll Susceptibility to Fall Armyworm Injury in Cotton J.J. Adamczyk, Jr., J.W. Holloway, B.R. Leonard and J.B. Graves	941
Heliothis Damage Thresholds in Relation to Cotton Boll Weight Frank Bordelon, Gerald Myers and B. Roger Leonard	943
Comparison of New Insecticides for the Control of the Bollworm (Heliocoverpa Zea) and Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) in Arkansas D.R. Johnson, H.B. Myers, L.M. Page and T.L. Singer	947
Use and Validation of Cotman to Terminate Insecticide Applications in South Texas J. Benedict, C. Correa, R. Huffman, R. Parker, M. Cochran, P. Tugwell, P. O'Leary and S. Hopkins	949
Observations of the Arkansas Monitoring System--Producer Perspective Cecil Brooking	953
Insulating Abilities of Six Boll Weevil Overwintering Habitats from the Rolling Plains of Texas M.N. Parajulee, L.T. Wilson, P.J. Trichilo, D.R. Rummel, S.C. Carroll, J.E. Slosser and T.W. Fuchs	955
Factors Influencing Survival of Overwintering Boll Weevils (Anthonomus Grandis) in Northeast Arkansas Theresa L. Singer, Donald R. Johnson, Larry M. Page, Harry B. Myers, Clark D. Klein and Ralph Bagwell	960
Boll Weevil Reproductive Development Under Selected Temperature Regimes D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	965
A Strategy for the Management and Containment of the Boll Weevil in The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas A.W. Scott, Jr. and M.J. Lukefahr	968
An Intensive Boll Weevil Trapping Effort in Southern Missouri Judy Grundler and Clyde E. Sorenson	971
Boll Weevil Eradication Update - Texas, 1996 Osama El-Lissy, Frank Myers, Ray Frisbie, Tom Fuchs, Don Rummel, Roy Parker, Don Dipple, Ed King, Gary Cunningham, Frank Carter, James Boston and Jack Hayes	973
Foraging Resources of Overwintering Boll Weevils in Crockett and Munday, Texas G.D. Jones, J.R. Coppedge and D. Gryder	980
Boll Weevil Reproductive Development under Selected Feeding Regimes D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	982
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Boll Weevil Trap Captures in Northeastern Mexico D.W. Spurgeon, J.R. Raulston, O.Z. Zamora and J. Loera	984
Patterns of Efficacy of Boll Weevil Insecticides Using a Leaf Disk Bioassay D.W. Spurgeon, J.R. Raulston, A.N. Sparks, Jr. and J.W. Norman	986
Impact of Selected Insecticides on Boll Weevil and Natural Enemies Mandie England, Rick Minzenmayer and Chris Sansone	989
Activities of the Mississippi Boll Weevil Geographic Information System and Satellite Imaging - 1996 Jeannine K. Smith and Glenn Wiygul	994
Alternatives for Boll Weevil Management: Large-Plot Evaluations of Methyl Parathion, Guthion, Dimilin and Bwact Baitsticks in Mississippi - 1996 S.D. Stewart and M.R. Williams,	996
Alternative Uses of BWACT (Boll Weevil Attract and Control Tube) in Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay Thomas A. Plato and James C. Plato	998
Activating Pyrethroid Insecticides R.W. Killick and D.T. Schulteis	1001
Mechanisms of Resistance to Pyrethroids in the Bollworm, Helicoverpa Zea Jonathan W. Holloway, James A. Ottea and B. Roger Leonard	1007
Expression and Inheritance of Target Site Resistance to Pyrethroids in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens Tom Clarke and James A. Ottea	1011
Enzyme Activities in Organophosphorus-Resistant Tobacco Budworms Heliothis Virescens John A. Harold and James A. Ottea	1013
Development of Pyrethroid Analogs for Diagnosis of Resistance Mechanisms in the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis Virescens (F.) Guomin Shan, Robert P. Hammer and James A. Ottea	1018
Development of Discriminating Concentrations for Insecticide Resistance Monitoring in the Soybean Looper R.N. Mascarenhas, D.J. Boethel and B.R. Leonard	1021
Can Response Levels to Any Insecticide Be Maintained by a Population of Beet Armyworm? D.A. Wolfenbarger, D.G. Riley and Bob Cartwright,	1024
Evaluation of Acaricide Rotation Strategies For Managing Resistance in Spider Mites on Cotton in the San Joaquin Valley of California: A Three Year Study Samuel J. Bruce-Oliver and Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell	1028
Efficacy of New Insecticides to Control Beet Armyworm in Northeastern Mexico Antonio P. Terán-Vargas, Enrique Garza-Urbina, Carlos A. Blanco-Montero, Gonzalo Pérez-Carmona and Juan M. Pellegaud-Rábago	1030
Confirm as a Useful Alternative for IPM Against the Beet Armyworm in Cotton in Northern Mexico Arturo Obando-Rodrigue, Alfredo Blanco and Carlos Blanco-Montero	1032
Factors Affecting Performance of Confirm in Cotton A.E. Duttle, K.P.Buchert, L.C. Walton and Y. Guo,	1033
Population Trends of Beet Armyworm on Cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley During the 1996 Production Season K.R. Summy, J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon and A.W. Scott, Jr.	1035
Comparative Efficacy Of Regent 800 WDG (Fipronil) A Novel Cotton Boll Weevil Insecticide in Northwestern Mexico Jose L. Martinez-Carrillo and J.J. Pacheco-Covarrubias	1039
Comparative Efficacy of Fipronil and Guthion for Boll Weevil Control A.N. Sparks, Jr., J.W. Norman, D.W. Spurgeon and J.R. Raulston	1040
Summary of Research Results with Fipronil for Control of Plant Bugs on Cotton Richard Shaw, H.S. Yang, B.K. Rowe, H. Randall Smith and Brian Deeter	1043
Update on Prediction of Epizootics with Extension-Based Sampling Service D. Steinkraus and G.O. Boys	1047
Physiological and Yield Responses of Cotton to Mid-Season Cotton Aphid Infestations in California Larry D. Godfrey, Ken J. Fuson, James P. Wood and Steve D. Wright	1048
Cotton Aphid Response to Nitrogen Fertility in Dryland Cotton J.E. Slosser, W.E. Pinchak and D.R. Rummel	1051
Aphid Control Screening Studies in San Joaquin Valley S.D. Wright, L.D. Godfrey M.R. Jimenez Jr., P. Weinholds and J.P. Wood	1053
Efficacy of Various Insecticide Treatments to Control Cotton Aphids and Prevent Economic Loss in Oklahoma in 1995 M.A. Karner, J.R. Goodson and Mark Payton	1054
Performance of Savey® 50-WP Ovicide/Miticide for Mite Control in Western Cotton J. Whitehead, N. Wilso and P. David	1057
Evaluation of Jojoba Oil for Control of Spider Mite (Acari : Tetranychidae) in Egypt F.K. El-Duweini and R.A. Sedrak	1060
Rescate 200 (Acetamiprid) A New Alternative for Silverleaf Whitefly Control in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico. 1996 Raúl León López and Ing. Ricardo Tafoya Rivera	1063
Cotton Leafhairs and Silverleaf Whiteflies in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Three Year Research Summary J.W. Norman, Jr. and A.N. Sparks, Jr.	1063
Susceptibility of Upland Cotton Cultivars Deltapine 5461 and Louisiana 887 to Silverleaf Whitefly Colonization Chang-Chi Chu, Eric T. Natwick, Donald. E. Brushwood, Thomas J. Henneberry and Allen C. Cohen	1064
Control of Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora Gossypiella, (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) with Biocontrol and Biorational Agents D.H. Gouge, L.L. Lee, J.R. Van Berkum, T.J. Henneberry, K.A. Smith, C. Payne and D. Ortega	1066
Status of Lygus Bug and Cotton Aphid Resistance in the San Joaquin Valley E.E. Grafton-Cardwell, L.D. Godfrey, W.A. Brindley and P.B. Goodell	1072
Survey of Lygus (Lygus Hesperus Knight) Susceptibility to Bifenthrin (Capture®) in the San Joaquin Valley of California J.J. Knabke and C.A. Staetz	1074
Emamectin Benzoate: A Novel Avermectin Derivative for Control of Lepidopterous Pests in Cotton S.M. White, D.M. Dunbar, R. Brown, B. Cartwright, D. Cox, C. Eckel, R.K. Jansson, P.K. Mookerjee, J.A. Norton, R.F. Peterson and V.R. Starner	1078
Studies on the Mode of Action of Spinosad, the Active Ingredient in Tracer™ Insect Control Vincent L. Salgado, Gerald B. Watson and Joel J. Sheets	1082
Tracer Insect Control-1996 EUP Results W.H. Hendrix, III, R. Huckaba, B. Nead, L. Peterson, D. Porteous and G. Thompson	1086
The Effect of Spinosad (Tracer) on Arthropod Pest and Beneficial Populations in Australian Cotton D.A.H. Murray and R.J. Lloyd	1087
Control of Lepidoptera Pests in Cotton with Intrepid™ Experimental Insecticide W.E. Harrison, L.C. Walton and A.E. Duttle	1091
Fulfill™ (Pymetrozine) A New Approach to Sucking Insect Control Don V. Allemann, Scott Ferguson, Brad Minton and Ngoan Ngo	1093
Efficacy of Dimilin® (Diflubenzuron) and Transgenic Bt Cotton on Several Lepidopteran Species R.T. Weiland, P.T. McDonald and M.K. Kish	1095
Curacron® (Profenofos) The Economical Foundation Product Dale Brown, Don V. Allemann, Greg Faust and Keith Driggs	1099
Rhône-Poulenc Ag Co., Monitoring Program: Performance of Larvin® Brand Thiodicarb and Four Other Insecticides Against Tobacco Budworm Collected from Different Sites in the USA Cotton Belt P. Ferbeck, J.B. Van Kretschmar, R.G. Blenk and H.M. Ayad	1101
Deposition Adjuvants in Low Volume Insecticidal Applications Bob G. Reeves	1105
Approaches for the Integrated Control of Some Cotton Pests (Minia Region, Egypt) Sanaa A. Ibrahim	1106
Tobacco Budworm: Variation in Response and Reproductive "Fitness" of Strains, Crosses and Backcrosses of the Strains to Methyl Parathion and EPN1/ Dan A Wolfenbarger	1109
Preliminary Analysis of Field Population of Black Cutworm, Agrotis Ipsilon (Hufn) and Some Measurements for its Field Life Table in Egypt Ahmed A. Hamed Amin and M.I. Abdin	1116
Effects of Karate® Insecticide on Beneficial Arthropods in Bollgard® Cotton J.F.H. Cole, E.D. Pilling, R. Boykin and J.R. Ruberson	1118
Survival of Beneficial Arthropods Following the Application of Various Insecticides W. Duffie, M.J. Sullivan and S.G. Turnipseed	1120
Insect Populations in a Cover Crop/Strip Tillage System John R. Ruberson, Sharad C. Phatak and W. Joe Lewis	1121
Potential Relay Strip Crops for Predator Enhancement in Cotton M.N. Parajulee and J.E. Slosser	1124
Year Three of Insect Population Dynamics in a Cotton Refugia System: Pitfall Trap Sampling Philip B. Haney, W. Joe Lewis	1127
A Total Systems Approach for Sustainable Cotton Production in Georgia and the Southeast: First Year Results W. Joe Lewis, Philip B. Haney, Rick Reed and Alton Walker	1129
Manipulation of Beneficial Insects with Envirofeast® for Insect Pest Management in Australian Cotton B.C. Howie and S. Graham-Smith	1134
Mortality Induced on Boll Weevil Larvae by Catolaccus Grandis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Females at Different Degrees of Conditioning S.M. Greenberg, J.A. Morales-Ramos, M.G. Rojas and E.G. King	1135
Status of IPM and Insecticide Use in Texas Cotton T.W. Fuchs, Dudley Smith and Rodney Holloway	1140
Community Pest Management - A Systems Approach Jeff B. Welch, Quinton Hornsby, Dr. Theresa Singer and Dr. Donald R. Johnson	1144
Maintaining an IPM Program in a Shifting Pest Environment P.B. Goodell, E.E. Grafton-Cardwell and L.D. Godfrey	1146
Update on the Area-Wide Budworm/Bollworm Management Program with Virus: Is it a Cost Effective Insurance Program? D.A. Streett, M.R. Bell and D.D. Hardee	1148
Use of Bt Spore/Crystal Formulations to Control Insect Pests: They're Not Dead Yet! W.J. Moar and J. Conley	1150
Strategies for Foliar Applications of Bacillus Thuringiensis in Cotton S. Shane Hand and R.G. Luttrell	1151
Efficacy of Condor XL for Control of Tobacco Budworm and Cotton Bollworm in the Mid-South and Texas Tim Johnson, Dudley Dabbs and Jamie Yancy	1157
Evaluation of Garlic Barrier® for Cotton Insect Control in Tennessee Gary L. Lentz, Nancy Austin and Randall S. Mizell,	1158
The Relationship of Insects on Cotton Plant Fruiting Characteristics During the First Nodes of Fruiting G.L. Andrews, Ph.D., C.W. Bednarz, Ph.D., J.B. Phelps and J.T. Ruscoe	1158
Residual Efficacy of AT-Planting Soil Applied Insecticides on Seedling Thrips Populations in Northeast Louisiana D.R. Cook, E. Burris, B.R. Leonard and J.B. Graves	1160
Effects of Sand Burn and Thrips Injury on Cotton Maturity and Yield D. Ames Herbert, Jr., A. Ozzie Abaye and James C. Maitland	1162
Effects of Soil Systemic Insecticides and Cotton Seed Vigor on Cotton Stands and Yields G.F. Goddard and J.F. Leser	1165
Fipronil Insecticide for Early Season Thrips Control Across the Cotton Belt M. Christian, H. Young, H. Yang and L. Olive	1168
Effect of Furadan/Disulfoton on Cotton Growth and Development S.J. Stringer and H.R. Mitchell	1171
Host Plant Preferences of Tarnished Plant Bug:A Foundation for Trap Crops in Cotton Chism Craig, R.G. Luttrell, Scott D. Stewart and Gordon L. Snodgrass	1176
An Improved Tractor-Mounted Pneumatic Insect Collector K.R. Beerwinkle, J.R. Coppedge, J.R. Raulston and D.W. Spurgeon	1181
Evaluation of a Tractor Mounted Sampler for Boll Weevil Sampling J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon, K.R. Beerwinkle and J.R. Coppedge	1183
Design and Performance of Metering Devices for Distribution of Predaceous Mites J.H. Chesson, L.M. Carter and J.R. McLaughlin	1185
Incidence of Late Season Boll Rot in Eastern Georgia Cotton: Influence of Stinkbug R.E. Baird, S. Bundy, R. McPherson, G.A. Herzog, L.E. Zipper and R.G. McDaniel	1189
Host Preference and Life-Table Parameters of Black Cutworm, Agrotis Ipsilon (Hufn) [Lepidoptera: Noctuidae] Ahmed A. Hamed Amin and M.I. Abdin	1190
Pink Bollworm Larval Mortality Following Application of Steinernema Riobravis Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Cotton Furrow Irrigation L. Forlow Jech and T.J. Henneberry	1192
Life Table Analysis of Cotton Boll Weevil in the Tropics of Tamaulipas Mexico after Catolaccus Grandis Releases J. Vargas-Camplis, R.J. Coleman, J. Gonzalez and L. Rodriguez Del B.	1194
Reduction of Cost for Mass Propagating Catolaccus Grandis by the Use of Artificial Diet M.G. Rojas, J.A. Morales-Ramos and E.G. King	1197
Mass Propagation of Catolaccus Grandis in Support of Large Scale Area Suppression of the Boll Weevil in South Texas Cotton J.A. Morales-Ramos, M.G. Rojas and E.G. King	1199
Boll Weevil Status in the Texas High Plains J.F. Leser, E.A. Bodden and R. Haldenby	1201
Establishing Trap Crops to Aggregate and Suppress Spring Populations of Boll Weevil -An Alternative Tactic for Midsouth Eradication Programs T.G. Teague and N.P. Tugwell	1205
Malathion ULV Residual Control Efficacy under Boll Weevil Eradication Program Conditions Robert G. Jones and Dan A. Wolfenbarger	1208
Longevity of Malathion ULV Applications Against Boll Weevil under Different Weather Conditions in the Coastal Bend of Texas Osama El-Lissy, Wendy Shepard and Frank Myers	1209
Influence of Dew on Leaf Surfaces at Time of Application of ULV Malathion - Chemical Residue and Boll Weevil Mortality I.W. Kirk, V.S. House and J.E. Mulrooney	1212
Control of Boll Weevil and Beet Armyworm with Air-Assisted Ground Sprayer J.E. Mulrooney and Lars Skjoldager	1213
Evaluation of Insecticides for Boll Weevil Control and Impact on Non-Target Arthropods on Non-Transgenic and Transgenic B.t. Cotton Cultivars Roy D. Parker and Raymond L. Huffman	1216
Comparison of Various Insecticides in the Control of the Cotton Boll Weevil (Anthonomus Grandis) L.M. Page, H.B. Meyers, T.L. Singer and D.R. Johnson	1222
The Fall Armyworm: And I Thought We Had it Made Ed Hood	1223
Response to the Beet Armyworm from Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico to Insecticides A.P. Terán-Vargas	1225
Response of the Beet Armyworm to Insecticides in Mexico A.P. Terán-Vargas, J.L. Martínez-Carrillo and J. Vargas-Camplis	1227
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Beet Armyworm Trap Captures in Northeastern Mexico J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon, O. Zamora, J. Loera and E. Salgado	1229
Lygus Bugs in Arizona Regain Susceptibility to Key Insecticides J.E. Russell, T.J. Dennehy, L. Antilla, M. Whitlow, R. Webb and J. Pacheco	1232
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Silverleaf Whitefly in the San Joaquin Valley 1994-1996 J.P. Wood, L.D. Godfrey, P.B. Goodell and J. Eckert	1240
Defining the Risk of Resistance to Imidacloprid in Arizona Populations of Whitefly Livy Williams, III, Timothy J. Dennehy and John C. Palumbo	1242
Silverleaf Whitefly Control in Cotton with Knack® Insect Growth Regulator M.J. Ansolabehere and C. Elliott	1246
A Modified New Whitefly Trap (CC Trap) to Increase Whitefly Adult Catches C.C. Chu, T.J. Henneberry, M.A. Boykin and A.C. Cohen	1247
Investigations of Two Insect Growth Regulators against Arizona Whitefly Populations A.L. Simmons, L. Williams, III, T.J. Dennehy, L. Antilla, L.E. Jech and S. Husman	1248
Management of Pyrethroid-Resistant Whiteflies in Arizona Cotton: Selection, Cross-Resistance and Dynamics S. Sivasupramaniam, T.J. Dennehy and L. Williams, III	1252
Penetration and Metabolism of Spinosyn a in Lepidopterous Larvae Thomas C. Sparks, Joel J. Sheets, John R. Skomp, Thomas V. Worden, Mark B. Hertlein, Larry L. Larson, David Bellows, Stephen Thibault and Laura Wally	1259
Effect of Insecticide, Rate and Egg Age on Ovicidal Control C.T. Allen, S. Frizzell and A.C. Riddle	1264
Control of the Cotton Fleahopper(Psallus Seraltus) in South Texas with Regent® Brand Insecticide K.A. Holmes and S.W. Hopkins	1268
Survival of Helicoverpa Zea Boddie on Bollgard Cotton H.B. Meyers, D.R. Johnson, T.L. Singer and L.M. Page	1269
Growing Pains Associated with Adoption of Bollgard Technology into Standard IPM Practices in Oklahoma Miles Karner and Jerry Goodson	1271
Effect of Induced Resistance and Host Phenology on the Susceptibility of Heliothines to Baculovirus M.I. Ali, T. Meade, G.W. Felton and S.Y. Young	1277
Biochemical Aspects of Induced Resistance in Cotton to the Cotton Bollworm J.L. Bi, G.W. Felton and J.B. Murphy	1279
Status of Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana During 1996 R.D. Bagwell, J.B. Graves, J.W. Holloway, B.R. Leonard, E. Burris, S. Micinski and V. Mascarenhas	1282
Evaluation of Tolerance to Insecticides in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm Populations, 1996 G. W. Elzen, L.C. Adams and D.D. Hardee	1289
Evaluation of the Susceptibility of Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) and Cotton Bollworm (Helicoverpa Zea) Populations in Georgia to Various Insecticides Melissa Hasty, Eric Durham and Gregory Payne	1292
Improved Control of Heliothis Virescens and Helicoverpa Zea with a Recombinant Form of Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus and Interaction with Bollgard® Cotton J.N. All, M.F. Treacy,	1294
Toxicity of Bacillus Thuringiensis Var. Tenebrionis and Ca-thuringiensin Against the Boll Weevil Anthonomus Grandis (Boh.) [Coleoptera: Curculionidae] D.A. Wolfenbarger, A.A. Hamed and R.G. Luttrell	1296
Naturalis-L: a Biological Product (Beauvaria Bassiana JW-1) for the Control of Cotton Pests S.E. Hinz and J.E. Wright	1300
The Effects and Persistence of the Fungus Beauveria Bassiana (Mycotrol) and Imidacloprid (Provado) on Tarnished Plant Bug Mortality and Feeding J.Z. Brown, D.C. Steinkraus and N.P. Tugwell and T.G. Teague	1302
Impact of Bt and Thiodicarb Alone and in Combination on Tobacco Budworm, Mortality and Emergence of the Parasitoid Microplitis Croceipes D.W. Atwood, S.Y. Young III and T.J. Kring	1305
Toxicity of Several Insecticides to Catolaccus Grandis (Burks) and Selection with Malathion Dan A. Wolfenbarger and Shoil M. Greenberg	1310
Tolerance of Natural Enemies to Selected Insecticides Applied at Ultra Low Volumes P.G. Tillman and J.E. Mulrooney	1312
Effects of Selected Pesticides on Populations of Beneficial Arthropods in Lower Rio Grande Valley Cotton A.N. Sparks, Jr., J.W. Norman, J.R. Raulston, D.W. Spurgeon and Billy F. Tanner	1313
The Use of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays (Elisa) to Determine the Role of Orius Insidiosus (Say) to Control Bollworms in the Southern Blacklands of Texas C.G. Sansone, J.W. Smith, Jr. and P.O. Darnell	1316
A New Approach to Evaluate Augmentative Biological Control Agents James R. Hagler and Steven E. Naranjo	1320
Effects of Potassium Fertility on Beet Armyworms L. C. Graham and M. J. Gaylor	1320
Attraction of Chrysoperla Spp. To Chemical Lures T.N., Shaver, J.F. Esquivel and J.D. Lopez, Jr.	1323
Suppression of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Cotton Using the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema Riobravis (Cabanillas, Poinar and Raulston) (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) D.H. Gouge, L.L. Lee, J.R. Van Berkum, T.J. Henneberry and K.A. Smith	1324
North Carolina Pest News: Cotton Insect Management Information on the World Wide Web Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Jack S. Bacheler	1326
Response of Beet Armyworm from Mexico, Louisiana and Georgia, U.S.A. to Insecticides D.A. Wolfenbarger, J.L. Martinez C, A.P. Teran V.and C.A. Staetz	1327
KISS - A New Portable Pneumatic 'Keep it Simple Sampler' for Row Crop Insects K.R. Beerwinkle, J.R. Coppedge and T.M. O'Neil	1330
Tarnished Plant Bug Pheromone - Olfactometer Studies Glenn Wiygul and Gerald McKibben	1333
Retention of Citrus Pollen By Cotton Bollworm Adults J.F. Esquivel, T.N. Shaver, J.R. Raulston and D.W. Spurgeon	1335
Confirmation of Insecticide Termination Rules in Louisiana K.D. Torrey, J.H. Fife, B.R. Leonard, R.D. Bagwell, E. Burris, D. Cook, V. Mascarenhas and J. Adamczyk	1335
Testing Resistance of Selected Cotton Genotypes to the Cotton Leaf Worm Alabama Argillacea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) G.B. Contreras, G.W. Videla and J.A. Poissson	1338
Effect of New Chemistry Insecticides Towards Beneficial Insects of Cotton P. V. Pietrantonio and J. Benedict	1339
Conditional Lethal Genes to Control Cotton Pests T.A. Miller, M. Robertson and Steve Thibault	1340
The Optimum Range of Weights of the Tobacco Budworm (Heliothis Virescens) for Use in the Third Instar Topical Bioassay A.A. Dubbeldam and A.R. McCaffery	1341

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