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A survey of cotton aphid populations in three different regions of boll
weevil eradication (BWEP) in Mississippi was conducted in the summer of
2000. Because eradication efforts were begun at different times, each region
was in a different phase of BWEP. Region 1 was involved in the first full
season of BWEP, while Regions 2 and 3/4 were in the third and fourth
years, respectively. By July 1, survey fields in Regions 1, 2, and 3/4 had
received an average of 1.83, 0.83 and 2.16 ULV malathion sprays
respectively, which were applied as part of BWEP. Counting early season
treatments that growers applied to control pests other than boll weevils or
aphids, fields in Regions 1, 2 and 3/4 received a total of 3.50, 1.83, and |
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Document last modified XXXXXX, XXX XX 2001
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