Broadcast Newsline: May 27, 2009

Entomologists across the Cotton Belt are reviewing spider mite threshold recommendations.

This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts.  All cuts are Dr. Scott Stewart Extension Entomologist for the University of Tennessee.

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Entomologists across the Cotton Belt are reviewing spider mite threshold recommendations. Scott Stewart, Extension Entomologist for the University of Tennessee, says technology has been the biggest improvement for managing this pest.

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Stewart says the goal is to gather sound data to back the threshold recommendation.

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According to Stewart, the cost of controlling this pest is a big factor behind refining the threshold recommendations.

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