ABSTRACT

Initially 300 hundred pink bollworm pheromone dispenser 'ropes' (resembling twist ties) were attached to cotton plants. A harvester went through the plants at normal speed. Afterwards, 290 ties remained on the cotton plants. Seven ties were found on the ground, two were found in the harvested cotton, and one could not be accounted for. Though the percentage of pheromone dispensers harvested is small, the potential for problems at the gin is a function of the number of dispensers per acre and the acres treated.