1993 PROCEEDINGS BELTWIDE COTTON CONFERENCES
	Jan. 10-14, New Orleans, LA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter
COTTON INSECT RESEARCH AND CONTROL CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sweetpotato Whitefly - Current Status and National Research and Action Plan T.J. Hanneberry	663
Cultivated Hosts and Population Dynamics of Sweetpotato Whitefly in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of TX D. Riley and D. Wolfenbarger	667
Host Plants Associated with Outbreaks of Sweetpotato Whitefly as it Relates to Population Management in Cotton T.F. Watson, J.C. Silvertooth, and P.W. Brown	671
Progress in the Development of Soiling Plans for Bemisia tabaci in Cotton Steve E. Naranjo and Hollis M. Flint	673
Control Studies on Field Populations of the Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci in Arizona Upland and Pima Cotton D.H. Akey, T.J. Henneberry, and Chang-chi Chu	675
An Overview of Biological Control of the Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci R.I. Carruthersi, S. Wraig, and W.A. Jones	680
Status of Heliothis/Helicoverpa Resistance to Pyrethroids in U.S. Cotton: PEG-US Update Benjamin Rogers, Charles A. Staeta, David Marsden, Bruce Monke, John L. Baldwin, and Dan P. Clovor	686
Mechanisms of Resistance in Field-Collected Heliothis virescens J.A. Ottea, S. Ibrahim, J.B. Graves, R.J. Young, and N.L. Kirby	689
Practical Integrated Management (ICM) of Pest Populations and Resistance Using Low-Dose Mixtures of Conventional and B. T. Insecticides in Cotton L. Reed Green and Lee Hutchins	695
Alternate Strategies for Insect Resistance Management in Cotton Production O.J. Nemec, L.A. Nemec, R.N. Nemec, and B.D. Nemec	696
Alternate Strategies for Insect Control and Resistance Management: Possibilities and Future Prospects Frederick W. Plapp	698
Weather Conditions Associated with Outbreaks of Severe Whitefly Infestations in Arizona P.W. Brown, T.F. Watson, and J.C. Silvertooth	702
Effects of Cotton Nitrogen Status on Sweetpotato Whitefly Development and Honeydew Production M.J. Blua, N.C. Toscano, and T.J. Henneberry	706
Evaluations of Predators of Sweetpotato Whiteflies: Laboratory and Field Cage Studies Allen C. Cohen, Robert T. Staten, and T.J. Henneberry	710
Temperature-Dependent Development of Sweetpotato Whltefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), Biotype "B" T.L. Wagner	714
Imidacloprid (Bay NTN 33893): A Novel Chemistry for Sweetpotato Whitefly Control in Cotton J.W. Mullins and C.E. Engle	719
Efficacy of Buprofezin and Conventional Insecticides under Different Levels of SPWF Populations J.J. Perez, A. Obando, and N. Darby	721
Silverleaf Whitefly Control in Cotton Using Various Insecticides in the Imperial Valley of California Eric T. Natwick	722
Control of Cotton Aphid with Furadan 4f T.W. Mize, H.R. Mitchell, and E.V. Gage	728
Intraguild Predation and Biological Control of the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Jay A. Rosenheim, Lawrence R. Wilhoit, and Christine A. Armer	730
Indices of Relative Abundance for the Cotton Aphid, Aphis Gossypii Glover, and Associated Parasitoids, Pathogens, and Predators on Six Cotton Cultivars A.A. Weathersbee III and D.D. Hardee	733
Sampling of the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, in Cotton D.D. Hardee, N.T. Smith, and A.A. Weathersbee III	738
Role of Neozygites fresenii for Cotton Aphid Control D.C. Steinkraus, P.H. Slaymaker, and N.P. Tugwell	741
Influence of Fungicides Applied at Planting on Seasonal Development of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Neozygites fresenii (Nowakowski) Batko in the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover M.T. Smith and D.D. Hardee	744
Validation of a Field Bioassay to Assess Insecticide Resistance in the Cotton Aphid C.L. McKenzie, B. Cartwright, and M. Karner	747
Use of Juvenoid Insect Growth Regulators for Management of Cotton Aphid and Sweetpotato Whitefly Populations G.T. Satoh and F.W. Plapp, Jr.	751
Comparative Persistence of Pyrethroids on Cotton Foliage as Determined by Leaf Bioassay D.C. Heim, J.R. Bradley, Jr., and J.W. Van Duyn	758
Performance of Deltamethrin (Decis) in Cotton Against Aphid and Bollworm/Tobacco Budworm Populations William P. Scott and Donnie A. Adains	763
Tobacco Budworm-Bollworm Management on Cotton Using Low Rates of Pyrethroid Insecticides plus Ovasyn John A. DuRant	766
Field Evaluation of Certain Synthetic Pyrethroids and IGR's/Insecticide Mixtures Against Some Cotton Pests S.A. Ibrahim, J.A. Ottea, and S.H. Martin	769
Comparative Efficacy of Pyrethroid and Organophosphorus Insecticides on Cotton in North Ghana A.B. Salifu	773
Evaluation of Fury 1.5 EC Against Cotton Insect Pests H.R. Mitchell and L.D. Hatfield	776
Use of Low Dose Mixtures of Pyrethroids and Organophosphates for the Control of Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.) D.A. Kostroun and F.W. Plapp, Jr.	778
Tobacco Budworm: Field Populations' Response to Insecticides in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas J.W. Norman, Jr., D.A. Wolfenbarger, J. Raulston, and A.N. Sparks, Jr.	781
Tobacco Budworm: Current Resistance Level to Insecticides in Northern and Southern Tamaulipas Mexico J. Vargas-Camplis, D.A. Wolfenbarger, and A. Teran-Vargas	784
Four-Year Study of Pyrethroid Resistance in Tobacco Budworm Adults from the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. Jose L. Martinez-Carrillo	786
Monitoring Insecticide Resistance in Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm in Louisiana J.B. Graves, B.R. Leonard, S. Micinski, E. Burris, S.H. Martin, C.A. White, and J.L. Baldwin	788
Resistance Selection to Heliothis Virescens Fabricius with Cypermethrin High-CIS, Profenofos and the Mixture Cypermethrin High-CIS plus Profenofos (1:10), under Laboratory Conditions F. Rendon, G. Alvarez, and Y. Mosos	795
Alternatives to Pyrethroids: Performance of Non-Pyrethroid Insecticide Treatments Against the Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm in South Carolina J.E. Mann, J.A. DuRant, H.J. Sullivan, and S.G. Turnipseed	798
Monitoring for Resistance to Nonpyrethroid Insecticides in the Tobacco Budworm L.H.B. Kanga, F.W. Plapp, Jr., M.L. Wall, and G. W. Elzen	802
Gene Pyramiding to Improve Insect Resistance of Bt Cotton E.S. Sachs, J.H. Benedict, and D.W. Altman	808
Resistance of Glandless Transgenic Bt Cotton to Injury from Tobacco Budworm J.H. Benedict, E.S. Sachs, D.W. Altman, D.R. Ring, R.R. De Spain, and D.J. Lawlor	814
Feeding Preference and Age Specific Mortality of Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm on Transgenic (Bt) Cotton R.R. De Spain, J.L. Halcomb, D.R. Ring, and J.H. Benedict	817
Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Injury to Transgenic Bt Cotton and Estimated Density-Yield Responses Using the Integrated Crop Ecosystem Management Model D.R. Ring, J.H. Benedict, D.J. Lawlor, R.R. De Spain, and T.B. Stone	821
Dipel ES and Dipel ES Combined with Chemical Insecticides for Full-Season Control of Bollworms and Budworms H. Marcus Adair and L.V. Larson	825
Ovo-Larvicidal Activity of Insecticides, Bacillus thuringiensis and Insecticide-B. thuringiensis Mixtures Against the Tobacco Budworm on Cotton Abbas Ali and S.Y. Young	828
Pyrethroid Efficacy on Bollworm in South Carolina M.J. Sullivan, T.W. Smith, Jr., and S.G. Turnip	830
Performance of Pirate™, Insecticide-Miticide, Against Cotton Pests in the Mid-South in 1992 J.R. Whitehead, P. David, B. Watkins, P. Nester, and R. Lencso	832
Use of Bacillus thuringiensis for Tobacco Budworm Control: Effects at Low Dose Rates Kumudinie M. Karunaratne and Frederick W. Plapp, Jr.	835
Assessing Budworm Population Structure in Australia Using the At-Rich Region of Mitochondrial DNA S.W. McKechnie, M.E. Spackman, N.E. Naughton, I.V. Kovacs, M. Ghosn, and A.A. Hoffmann	838
Outbreak of Heliothis armigera in North China: Possible Causes and Control Strategies C.F. Sheng	841
Review of Cotton Insecticide Use Patterns and Impacts of Loss of Various Insecticide Active Ingredients or Chemical Classes C.T. Allen, R.A. Davis, C. Osteen, and K.L. Smith	845
Full Season Control of Cotton Insects in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas with Naturalis-L: An Insect Specific Fungus James E. Wright, L.F. Bouse, I.W. Kirk, J.B. Carlton, E. Franz, M.A. Latheef, and R. Rektorik	849
Scouting and Pyrethroid Use for Bollworm on an Extended Interval by Employing Pheromone Trap Clusters and High Insecticide Rates J.W. Van Duyn and J.R. Bradley, Jr.	856
Use of Elcar for Early-Season Suppression of Bollworm on Corn and Implications for Bollworm Control on Cotton J.J. Hamm and L.D. Chandler	861
Development of an Area-Wide Program for Managing of Heliothis/helicoverpa Through Early Season Application of an Entomopathogenic Virus - 1992 Field Trial M.R. Bell and D.D. Hardee	865
Control of Fall Armyworm in South Carolina Cotton Producer/Consultant Dilemma T.W. Smith, M.J. Sullivan, and S.G. Turnipseed	869
Effect of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program on Insecticide Usage on Cotton in Alabama R.H. Smith and W.G. Foshee	871
A Pilot Program to Control the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), by Releasing Sterile Backcross Insects into the Natural Population M.L. Laster, D.D. Hardee, and J.C. Schneider	874
Spray as Needed Philosophy Based on Egg-Sampling and Larval Age Structure for Improved Management of Pink Bollworm in Middle Egypt M.R. Gergis, M.A. El-Hamaky, and R.X. El-DuWeini	877
A Simulation Model (Predator-Prey System) of Tetranychus urticae Koch and Natural Enemy Complex During Cotton Season in Middle Egypt F.K. El-Duweini and M.F. Gergis	883
Technical Evolution of rbWHIMS: An Expert System for Cotton-Pest Management Richard L. Olson, Terence L. Wagner, Michael R. Williams, Jeffrey L. Willers, and James M. Mckinion	889
Evaluation of rbWHIMS: An Expert System for Cotton Pest Management M.R. Williams, J.L. Willers, T.L. Wagner, and R.L. Olson	893
Some Biological Aspects, Thermal Threshold and Heat Unit Requirements for the Immature Stages of the American Bollworm Heliothis armigera A.M. Younis and J.A. Ottrea	895
Implementation and Accuracy of an Electronic System Used in Conjunction with Pheromones to Automatically Detect and Count Tobacco Budworm and Bollworm Moths D.E. Hendricks	898
Toxicity of Selected Insecticides to Boll Weevils from Louisiana S.H. Martin, J.B. Graves, B.R. Leonard, E. Burris, J.D. Powell, and J.L. Roberson	903
Suppression of Boll Weevil Infestations by Augmentative Releases of Catolaccus grandis K.R. Summy, J.A. Morales-Ramos, E.G. King, and A.W. Scott, Jr.	908
Integration of Boll Weevil Biological Control by Inoculative/augmentative Releases of the Parasite Catolaccus grandis in Short Season Cotton Edgar G. King, K.R. Summy, J.A. Morales-Ramos, and R.J. Coleman	910
Magnitude and Timing of Catolaccus grandis Releases Against the Cotton Boll Weevil Aided by a Simulation Model J.A. Morales-Ramos, E.G. King, and K.R. Summy	915
Mechanized Production Processes to Encapsulate Boll Weevil Larvae (Anthonomus grandis) for Mass Production of Catolaccus grandis (Burks) J.L. Roberson and D.K. Harsh	922
Improvements to the Boll Weevil Bait Stick Gerald H. McKibben, James W. Smith, William L. McGover, and Eric J. Villavaso	924
Comparing Boll Weevil Bait Sticks to Pheromone Traps Eric J. Villavaso, Gerald R. McKibben, and James W. Smith	926
Boll Weevil Suppression in Rutherford County, TN with Bait Sticks William L. McGovern, James W. Smith, Eric Villavaso, and Gerald H. McKibben	928
Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Program 1992 - Update James W. Smith, Glenn Wiygul, Gary D. Carpenter, and Jack R. McCarty	930
Biological Basis for a Boll Weevil Winter Survival and Spring Emergence Model D.R. Rummel and S.C. Carroll	932
Effect of Habitat Differences on Boll Weevil Overwintering Survival and Emergence J.E. Slosser	935
Predicting Overwintering Survival and Spring Emergence Patterns of Boll Weevil in the Rolling Plains of Texas N.D. Stone, D.R. Rummel, S. Carroll, T. Fuchs, and J. Slosser	938
Boll Weevil Emergence Predictions: Why Do We Need to Know? T.W. Fuchs	943
Use of Geographic Information Systems to Assess Risk of Boll Weevil Infestations P.J. Trichilo, L.T. Wilson, R.K. Haldenby, D.R. Rummel, S.C. Carroll, T.W. Fuchs, J.E. Slosser, and I.E. Frisbie	944
Development of a Comprehensive Forecasting Program to Complement Boll Weevil Control and Eradication Efforts in the Rolling Plains and High Plains of Texas L.T. Wilson, S. Bozkurt, P.K. Tapadiya, P.J. Trichilo, A.U. Zaman, R.K. Haidenby, D.R. Rummel, S.C. Carroll, J.E. Slosser, T.W. Fuchs, and R.E. Frisbie	947
Managing a 19th Century Pest Using 21st Century Technology Roger K. Haldenby	950
Control of Whitefly with Ovasyn® John Lublinkhof and Phillip N. Odom	951
Use of Ovasyn® in Cotton Pest Management Edward P. Pieters and John Lublinkhof	951
Thrips on Cotton, Wheat and Selected Wild Hosts in South Carolina M.E. Roof, J.A. DuRant, and C.L. Cole	952
Differentiation of SPWF Biotypes Using RAPD-PCR N.J. Gawel and A.C. Bartlett	953
Demonstration and Preliminary Characterization of A-Amylase in Sweetpotato Whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) Allen Cohen and Donald Hendrix	955
Histochemical Studies of Feeding Sites of Bemisia tabaci on Cotton Leaves Allen Cohen, Clark M. Newman, and Donald Hendrix	959
Results of Field Studies with Insecticides for Sweetpotato Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Control on Cotton in the Imperial Valley, CA Chang-chi Chu, Thomas J. Henneberry, and David H. Akey	960
Cotton Aphicide Resistance Phenomenon in the Mississippi Delta 1990-92 F.A. Harris and I.E. Furr, Jr.	961
Combinations of Baythroid and Monitor for the Control of Whitefly in Cotton C.E. Engle, A.D. Cohick, and T.K. Kroll	964
Cotton Insect Management in Arizona as Impacted by Whiteflies P.C. Ellsworth, J.W. Diehl, and D.L. Meade	966
The Yellow Dwarf Form of the Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Lawrence R. Wilhoit and Jay A. Rosenheim	969
Cotton Aphids: Control Studies in New Mexico C.R. Ward and C.E. Barnes	973
Seasonal Relationship among Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover),The Entomopathogenic Fungus Neozygites fresenii (Nowakowski) Batko, and the Parasite Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) M.T. Smith and D.D. Hardee	978
Identifying Key Predators of Sweetpotato Whitefly and Pink Bollworm Using Pest-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies J.R. Hagler, S.E. Naranjo, S. Machtley, C. Durand, P.J. Figuli, and T.J. Henneberry	983
Distribution of the Tarnished Plant Bug Within Cotton Plants G.L. Snodgrass	986
Complete Development of the Parasitoid Catolaccus grandis (Burks) on Non-Venomized Host Larvae. A.A. Guerra, S. Martinez, and H.S. Del Rio	990
Comparison of Parasitization of Heliothis virescens, Helicoverpa zea and H. virescens - H. subflexa Hybrid by Microplitis croceipes P.G. Tillman and M.L. Laster	992
Parasitism of the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, in South Georgia Cotton John R. Ruberson, Gary A. Herzog, and W. Joe Lewis	993
Biocontrol Strategies for Cotton Insect Pest Management in Northeast Louisiana C.A. White, B.R. Leonard, J.B. Graves, S. Calhoun, and E. Burris	998
Low Rate Multiple Application of Bactec Bbrnan Bt+ Ovicide for Heliothis Control in Cotton - Second Year Results E.M. Hood	1005
Survival of Predaceous Arthropods in Caged Cotton with Residues of Insecticides Gloria S. McCutcheon and John A. DuRant	1010
Condor® Of: A Genetically Altered Bioinsecticide for Insect Control in Cotton R.J. Gouger and J.D. Dabbs	1013
The Influence of a Bait and Fluorescent Brightener on Activity of the Celery Looper Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus for Lepidoprerous Cotton Pests Patrick V. Vail, Thomas J. Henneberry, Darlene F. Hoffmann, Marion R. Bell, Lynn J.F. Jech, and J. Steven Tebbets	1014
A Computer Program for Fast, Accurate Calculation of Multiple-Pesticide Mixtures for Small Plot and Laboratory Research Jack T. Reed and Robert Fritzius	1017
Abundance and Insecticide Susceptibility of Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm in Missouri During 1992 C.O. Knowles, S.P. Abd-Elghafar, G.S. Smith, M. O'Day, H.F. Mammen, and H.G. Townsend	1020
Characterization of Tobacco Budworm Resistance: Seasonal Aspects and Synergism G.W. Elzen, S.H. Martin, and J.B. Graves	1024
Management of Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm with Insecticides in Northeast Louisiana in 1992 B.R. Leonard, J.B. Graves, P. Clay, C.A. White, and E. Burris	1029
Toxicity of Selected Pesticides to Field Collected Beet Armyworm Populations Dan A. Wolfenbargar and Michael J. Brower	1034
Response of the Pink Bollworm to Transgenic Cotton Leaf Material Alan C. Bartlett	1038
New Graphical User Interface for the rbWHIMS Insect Management Expert System D.C. Akins, T.L. Wagner, J.L. Willers, R.L. Olson, and M.R. Williams	1041
Host Searching Response of Various Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Sand Barrier Bioassay J.E. Lindegren, K.A. Valero, and L.J.F. Jech	1044
Trap Crops as a Component of a Community-Wide Pink Bollworm Control Program Gary W. Thacker, Leon Moore, and Peter C. Ellsworth	1046
Cotton Bollworms: Male Moth Catches in Pheromone Traps and Relationship to Oviposition and Boll Infestation in Cotton Fields in Middle Egypt X.F. Gergis and A.M. Younis	1048
Status and Management of Insecticide Resistance of Cotton Insect Pests in China Jingyuan Xia	1052
Dimilin for Boll Weevil Reproduction and Diapause Control R.G. Jones, J.W. Smith, S.W. Fox, R.R. Smith, F.A. Harris, and W.R. Lambert, II	1056
Temperature Dependent Rates of Development and Phenology of the American Bollworm Heliothis armigera (Hub.). M.F. Gergis and B.A. Ibrahim	1059
Field Evaluation of Boll Weevil Bait Sticks in Oklahoma Miles Karner and Jerry Goodson	1063
Interaction of Cover Crop, Tillage, and Insecticide on Thrips Populations in Seedling Cotton J.N. All, P.N. Roberts, G. Langdale, and W.R. Vencill	1066
Physiological and Cytological Studies of Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae K.) Injury in Cotton B.R. Dondada, D. Ouosterhuis, N.P. Tugwell, and K.S. Kim	1068
Two Management Strategies Using Baccillus thuringiensis for Control of Tobacco Budworm on Moderately Resistant Cotton P.D. Wilcox, J.N. Jenkins, J.C. McCarty, Jr., and W.L. Parrott	1068
Forecasting Bollworm Generations in Cotton on the Basis of Plant Growth Rates for Proper Timing of Control and Management Tactics M.F. Gergis	*
Update on the Status of the 'B' Biotype of Bemesia tabaci in the U.S. and Adjacent Regions J.K. Brown	*
Successful Parasitization of Non-Stung (Non-Venomized) Boll Weevil Larvae by Larvae of the Ectoparasitoid Catolaccus Grandis Antonio A Guerra, Susanna Martinex, and Hilda Sonia Del Rio	*
Performance of Larvin® Against Susceptible and Pyrethroid Resistant Populations of Tobacco Budworm Collected from Different Sites in the USA Hafez M. Ayad, J.H. Hope, Eric Pantaloni, and R.G. Blenk	*
Effects of Organic Acids on Persistence and Distribution of Insecticide Residues on Cotton F.W. Plapp, Jr., L.H.B. Kanga, and D.A. Kostroun	*
Comparison of Arthropods Sampled from Cultivars of Upland and Pima with Drip and Furrow Irrigation J.E. Leggett	*
Early Season Control of Heliothis Virescens in South Carolina Sam Turnipseed, Mike Sullivan, and James Mann	*
* No abstract available

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