Early Planted Cotton as Trap Crop Reduces the Cost of Boll Weevil Control

James W. Chiles


 
ABSTRACT

Cotton grown near the Mississippi River in the Delta area has had high cost of boll weevil control in the past several years. Planting a trap crop of cotton in early season (thirty days before normal planting dates) and planting a trap crop of cotton again in late season (August, thirty days before defoliation) has proven to significantly reduce the cost of boll weevil control and has reduced the total cost of insect control in cotton production.



Reprinted from Proceedings: 1989 Beltwide Cotton Research Conferences pg. 270
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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