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Economic Evaluation of Beltwide Boll Weevil/Cotton Insect Management Programs (Appendix B) [PDF]
Alternative boll weevil/cotton insect management programs were evaluated for their effects on net market benefits and for their distributive impacts on producers and consumers.
Economic Evaluation Team, USDA Interagency Working Group on Boll Weevil Programs
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The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an important pest of commercial cotton across the Americas. In the United States, eradication of this species is complicated by re‐infestations of areas where eradication has ...
Tyler J. Raszick +9 more
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Bullet-Proof Boll Weevil: The History of Boll Weevil Eradication [PDF]
Farmers and entomologists have all experimented with various methods to find the best way to defeat the United States\u27 boll weevil. The techniques themselves, while expansive, can be examined within the scope of the years that they were used.
Berg, Evan A.
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Parasitoids of boll weevil Anthonomus grandis and resident predators in kaolin-treated cotton
Simultaneous use of control methods is essential to reach success in managing arthropod pests. The current study investigated the effect of kaolin application on resident predators in the cotton plant canopy and parasitism of boll weevil on abscised ...
Roberta Leme Santos +3 more
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The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boh., is the most important cotton pest in Central and South America. The biological characteristics and thermal requirements of boll weevils reared on an artificial diet were assessed at seven constant ...
Fernanda Polastre Pereira +2 more
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Because boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boh. develops partially protected inside cotton fruiting structures, once they become established in a field, they are difficult to control, even with nearly continuous insecticide spray.
Robério C. S. Neves +4 more
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Selective application of malathion: effect on boll weevil, non-target insects and natural enemies [PDF]
Non-selective chemical insecticides are the main method to manage the major insect pest of cotton in the Americas, the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis (Boheman, 1843) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
S. F. Camelo +2 more
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Infestation of Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on re-sprout of cotton plants
The destruction of cotton crop residues at the end of the crop cycle is a key strategy for the phytosanitary crop management, since its off-season re-sprout can provide sites for feeding and oviposition of pests such as the boll weevil.
José Fernando Jurca Grigolli +5 more
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Originating in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, the hibiscus bud weevil (HBW), Anthonomus testaceosquamosus Linell 1897, was discovered infesting China rose hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) in south Florida in May 2017.
Alexandra M. Revynthi +6 more
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