Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 8-11, 2008
Nashville, Tennessee

Cotton Insect Research and Control - Friday Morning - Session A

Presiding: David L. Kerns, Texas Cooperative Extension, Lubbock, TX

A Comparison of Sampling Techniques for Stink Bugs in Cotton
Michael D. Toews, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, Jeremy Greene, Clemson University, Blackville, SC, Francis P. F. Reay-Jones, Clemson University, Florence, SC and Richard B. Reeves, Clemson, Blackville, SC

Refining Treatment Thresholds for Stink Bugs in the Southeast - 2007
Jeremy K. Greene1, Phillip M. Roberts2, Jack S. Bacheler3, John R. Ruberson2, John W. Van Duyn4, Michael D. Toews2, Eric L. Blinka3, Dan Robinson1, Dan W. Mott3, Tommy Walker5, Charles Davis6 and Richard B. Reeves7, (1)Clemson University, Blackville, SC, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (4)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC, (5)Clemson University, Ridgeland, SC, (6)Clemson University, St. Matthews, SC, (7)Clemson, Blackville, SC

CARBINETM: Field Performance against Tarnished Plant Bug and Aphid in Cotton during 2007
Henry R. Mitchell, FMC Corporation, Louisville, MS, Joseph Reed, FMC Corporation, North Little Rock, AR and Houston Joost, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

Evaluation of Selected Insecticides for Control of Tarnished Plant Bug in Southeast Arkansas
D. Scott Akin1, Chase Milligan1, Gus Lorenz2 and G. Studebaker3, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)Univ. of Ark.- NEREC, Keiser, AR

Analysis Methods for Site-Specific Tarnished Plant Bug Sampling Data
Jeffrey L. Willers, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS, Yongfeng Zhao, Department of Statistics, Mississippi State, MS, Jixiang Wu, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, Kenneth Hood, Hood Farms & Gin, Gunnison, MS and John R. Bassie, Bassie Ag Service, Cleveland, MS

Oviposition Site Preference of Creontiades signatus (Distant) on Okra-Leaf and Conventional Cotton
J. S. Armstrong, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX and Randy Coleman, USDA-ARS BIRU, Weslaco, TX

Manually Applied Infestations of Tarnished Plant Bug Nymphs in Late Season Cotton to Identify the Final Stage of Crop Susceptibility
Tina Gray Teague1, Jonathon Smith1, Diana M. Danforth2 and Patricia F. O'Leary3, (1)Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, State University, AR, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (3)Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC

Compensation of Lygus-Induced Fruit Loss in Drip-Irrigated Cotton
Megha N. Parajulee1, Apurba K. Barman2, Abhilash Balachandran1, Chen Chen1, Ram B. Shrestha1 and Stanley C. Carroll1, (1)Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Influence of Boll Feeding Bugs on Cotton Fiber Quality
Phillip M. Roberts1, J. Ruberson1, M. Toews1, A. Knowlton1, Jack S. Bacheler2, D. Mott2, D. Morrison2, T. Pegram2, Jeremy Greene3, D. Robinson3, T. Walker3 and R.H. Smith4, (1)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)Clemson, Blackville, SC, (4)Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Evaluation of the relationship between stink bug pressure vs. yield under a regressive spray treatment
Eric Blinka1, Jack S. Bacheler2, Phillip M. Roberts3, Jeremy K. Greene4, Michael D. Toews3, Dan W. Mott2, John W. Van Duyn5 and J. R. Bradley2, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh,, NC, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (4)Clemson University, Blackville, SC, (5)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC
Sponsor: Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference