ABSTRACT
In years past cotton consultants in the Mid-South have had to deal with control measures for Tobacco budworms, Cotton bollworm, and Weevils. Other pest such as plant bugs, thrips, aphids, and mites that once were considered to be secondary pest, now pose problems for consultants and growers in the Mid-South. With increase pressure from these pest and the cost to control them, consultants and growers are looking for new economical control measures. Transgenic Bt cotton gave promise that both Tobacco budworm and Cotton bollworm could be managed in the Mid-South. If consultants and growers could manage these pest with transgenic Bt cotton then maximum economic production of cotton could be obtained with less cost.
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