Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 4-7, 2010
New Orleans, LA

Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference Posters

Organizers: Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Lonoke, AR and John J. Adamczyk, USDA, ARS, BIRU, Weslaco, TX
Part  

Summary of Insecticide Efficacy Trials for Control of Tarnished Plant Bug in Louisiana, 2007-09 
Jessica L. Moore1, Joshua H. Temple1, Jarrod T. Hardke1, Karla Emfinger2, Paul P. Price2, Josh T. Copes2, Jonathan W. Sharp2, Eugene Burris3, Kyle A. Fontenot4 and Roger Leonard2, (1)LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, (2)LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station, Winnsboro, LA, (3)LSU Agricultural Center, Northeast Research Station, St. Joseph, LA, (4)Bayer CropScience, West Monroe, LA

Potential of Diamond Insecticide for Lygus Management in the Texas High Plains 
Dustin Patman1, David Kerns2, Brant Baugh2 and Kerry Siders3, (1)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Crosbyton, TX, (2)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, (3)Texas AgriLIFE Extension, Levelland, TX

Irrigation Timing and Tarnished Plant Bug Management – Implications for Late Season Susceptibility to Tarnished Plant Bug and COTMAN Crop Termination Decisions - Year Two 
Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, State University, AR and Diana M. Danforth, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Variation in White Flower Anther Injury Associated with Field Plot Size in Tarnished Plant Bug Host Plant Resistance Evaluations in Arkansas Cotton 
Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, State University, AR, Jeffery Willers, USDA-ARS Crop Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS, Fred M. Bourland, University of Arkansas-NEREC, Keiser, AR and George A. Milliken, Milliken Associates, Inc., Manhattan, KS

Patterns of Zone Management Uncertainty in Cotton Using Tarnished Plant Bug Distributions, NDVI, Soil ECa, Yield, and Thermal Imagery 
Patrick J. English, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, Sherri L. DeFauw, USDA ARS, Orono, ME and Steven J. Thomson, USDA ARS, Stoneville, MS

Lygus hesperus Feeding On Maturing Cotton Bolls: Adults Vs. Nymphs 
Mahendra B. Adhikari1, Megha N. Parajulee1, Ram B. Shrestha1 and David L. Kerns2, (1)Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX

Effect of Roadside Alfalfa Mowing On the Abundance of Lygus hesperus in Adjacent Cotton Field: A Field Marking Study 
Ram B. Shrestha, Stanley C. Carroll and Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX

Managing Tarnished Plant Bug Populations in Cotton in Arkansas 
G. Studebaker, Univ. of Ark.- NEREC, Keiser, AR and Shawn W. Lancaster, University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR

Control of Tarnished Plant Bug with Selected Insecticides in Arkansas, 2009 
K. Colwell1, Gus Lorenz2, H. Wilf2, Nichole Taillon3 and Ben Von Kanel3, (1)Univ. of Arkansas CES- Lonoke, Lonoke, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Lonoke, AR, (3)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR
Part 2  

Managing Thrips Where It Really Matters: Different Options for Early and Late Planted Cotton in Virginia and North Carolina 
D. Ames Herbert1, Jack S. Bacheler2, Sean Malone1 and Dan Mott2, (1)Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Development of a Thrips Resistant, Adapted Cotton Cultivar for The Texas High Plains: Screening, Crossing and Field Trials 
Mark D. Arnold, Jane Dever, Heather D. Elkins and Monica A. Sheehan, Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX

Influence of Cover Crops in Conservation Tillage Systems On Aldicarb Rate Requirement for Thrips Management in Cotton 
Norman Dean Kemp and John All, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Developing An Action Threshold for Thrips in the Texas High Plains 
David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, Megha Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Vernon, TX, Ed Bynum, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Amarillo, TX, Monti Vandiver, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Farwell, TX, Manda Cattaneo, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Seminole, TX, Kerry Siders, Texas AgriLIFE Extension, Levelland, TX and Dustin Patman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Crosbyton, TX

Efficacy of Foliar and Preventive Insecticides towards Thrips in the Texas High Plains 
Emilio Nino, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Dimmitt, TX and David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX

Crop Protection and Tillage – Focusing Management to Build Sustainable Cotton Systems 
Tina Gray Teague1, Steve Green1, Jennifer Bouldin1, Calvin Shumway1 and Larry Fowler2, (1)Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, State University, AR, (2)University of Arkansas-NEREC, Judd Hill, AR

Reduction of Thrips Populations with Tillage and Winter Cover Crops 
J. David Griffin1, Michael D. Toews1, R. Scott Tubbs1, Dylan Q. Wann1 and Dana Sullivan2, (1)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (2)TurfScout® LLC, Tifton, GA

Regional Thrips Trial, 2009: Thrips Species Composition 
Jack Reed1, Scott Akin2, Jack S. Bacheler3, Angus Catchot1, D. R. Cook4, Chris Daves5, Jeremy K. Greene6, D. Ames Herbert7, David L. Kerns8, Roger Leonard9, Gus M. Lorenz10, Phillip M. Roberts11, Scott D. Stewart12, Glenn E. Studebaker13, K. V. Tindall14 and Michael D. Toews11, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Lonoke, AR, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (4)Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, (5)Mississippi State University, Raymond, MS, (6)Clemson University, Blackville, SC, (7)Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, (8)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, (9)LSU Agricultural Center, Winnsboro, LA, (10)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (11)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (12)The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN, (13)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR, (14)Univ. of Missouri, Portageville, MO

Impact of Pre-Bloom Square Loss On Yield in Late Planted Cotton in the Texas High Plains 
Tommy Doederlein1, David Kerns2 and Brant Baugh2, (1)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lamesa, TX, (2)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX
Part 3  

Insecticide Resistance Monitoring in Georgia: Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Insecticides On Field-Collected Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Populations 
Jesse A. Brown and Gregory T. Payne, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

Evaluation of Seedling Transgenic Cotton Containing Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxins to Saltmarsh Caterpillar 
Raymondbo J. Kesey, Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX and David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX

Behavioral Response of Two Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Strains in Dual-Toxin Bt Cottons 
J. Eric Howard, University of Arkansas, Southeast Research and Extension Center, Monticello, AR, D. Scott Akin, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR and Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS

Economic Impact of Dual-Toxin Bt Cottons in Arkansas 
D. Scott Akin1, Gus Lorenz2, Glenn E. Studebaker3 and Archie Flanders3, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Lonoke, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR

Artificial Infestations of Transgenic Cottons with Beet Armyworms and Evaluation of Insect Mortality and Damage Under Field Conditions 
Shoil M. Greenberg, John J. Adamczyk and C. Yang, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX
Part 4  

Evaluation of Insecticides On Cotton Fleahopper and Beneficial Arthropod Populations 
Charles P. C. Suh, USDA-ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX, Roy D. Parker, Texas AgriLIFE Extension, Corpus Christi, TX and Juan Lopez, USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX

Efficacy of Insecticides On Cotton Aphids and Impact On Key Aphid Predators 
Brant Baugh1, David Kerns1 and Dustin Patman2, (1)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX, (2)Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Crosbyton, TX

Impact of Alfafa On Predation of Insects Pests in New Mexico 
Jane Breen Pierce and Patricia Yates Monk, New Mexico State University, Artesia, NM

Population Fluctations of the Spiny Bollworm, Earias Insulana and Its Associated Predators During 2008 and 2009 Cotton Seasons (Minia Region, Egypt) 
Abdelrahman M. Younis and Sanaa A. Ibrahim, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
Part 5  

Neotropical Brown Stink Bug Euschistus heros (Fabr.,798) Attack On Bt-Cotton Bolls Cultivated in Brazilian Savannah 
Miguel Ferreira Soria1, Paulo Eduardo Degrande1, Antônio Ricardo Panizzi2, Danielle Thomazoni1, Everton Kodama1 and Thiago Moreira Azambuja1, (1)Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil, (2)Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Research - EMBRAPA / National Center for Soybean Research, Londrina, Brazil

Toxicity of Selected Insecticides and Insecticide Mixtures for Brown Stink Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) 
Juan D. López1, M. A. Latheef1 and Bill Ree2, (1)USDA-ARS, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, College Station, TX, (2)Texas AgriLife Extension, Bryan, TX

Managing Stink Bugs in Cotton: Research in the Southeast Region 
Jack Bacheler1, Ames Herbert2, Eric L. Blinka2, Jeremy Greene3, Phillip Roberts4, John Van Duyn5, Michael Toews4, Daniel Mott1 and Ronald Smith6, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA, (3)Clemson, Blackville, SC, (4)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (5)North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC, (6)Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Part 6  

Investigation of Pheromone-Based Factors That May Reduce Capture of Boll Weevils in Traps 
John K. Westbrook and Charles P. C. Suh, USDA-ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX

Response of Cotton Squares to Various Boll Weevil Oviposition Puncture Types 
Jesus F. Esquivel, U. S. Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX

Analyses of Boll Weevils Captured near Hay Bales 
Gretchen D. Jones, USDA-ARS. APMRU, College Station, TX and Noel Troxclair, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, Uvalde, TX

Finding a Weevil in a Haystack? 
Noel Troxclair, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, Uvalde, TX

Development of a Binomial Sampling Plan for Thrips in Cotton 
Mark Muegge, Texas Cooperative Extension, Fort Stockton, TX and David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Lubbock, TX
Sponsor: Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference

See more of Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference

See more of The Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January 4-7, 2010