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52nd Annual Conference Report on Cotton Insect Research and Control

D. D. Hardee and G. A. Herzog


 
ABSTRACT

There were 10,772,500 acres of U.S. Cotton (Upland and Pima) harvested in 1998 with an average yield of 618 pounds of lint per acre (USDA - January 11 report). Arthropod pests of cotton reduced yield by 7.98% in 1998. The bollworm was the predominant species to attack cotton in 1998 and was estimated at 70% of the population. Boll weevil is still a pest on 55% of our U.S. acreage and was the second most damaging pest at 2.30% loss. Lygus (1.04%), thrips (0.352%), and aphids (0.333%) rounded out the top five cotton insect pests for the year. Beltwide, direct insect management costs amounted to $63.08 per acre and losses were $51.20. Cost plus loss is estimated at $1.224 billion. (See M. R. Williams, this proceedings.)



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1999 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 757 - 783
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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