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[Photograph 2012.201.B0275.0270]

open access: yes, 1963
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Plane (above) sprays sprays for bollworms damaging plants.

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Effect of manual topping on insect pest incidence and cotton yield [PDF]

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Bollworms and sap-sucking insect pests are a significant constraint to cotton production in Africa. Manual topping of cotton plants, which consists of cutting off the top of the plant, i.e. the terminal bud of the main stem, is a promising alternative to
Coulibaly, Moribo   +6 more
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Farmers’ Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Metarhizium-based Biopesticide to Control Cotton Bollworms in Benin (West Africa) [PDF]

open access: yes
The study assesses farmers’ perceptions and willingness to pay for a biopesticide developed from Metarhizium anisopliae a fungi. A sample of 400 conventional and organic cotton producers was randomly selected in cotton producing zones in Benin and ...
Nouhoheflin, Theodore   +4 more
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A decade of Bt cotton in Chinese fields: Assessing the direct effects and indirect externalities of Bt cotton adoption in China

open access: yes, 2010
The objective of this study is to examine whether or not the gains from reduced spraying for bollworms are being sustained more than one decade after the initial adoption in 2007.
Mi J. W.   +7 more
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Mobile Press-Register sleeve MP0118689

open access: yes, 1996
BT Cotton, and shot of Mr. Corte / Baldwin County / To go with story about bollworms and BT cotton. Please get shot of Mr. Corte with BT cotton.
Hattler, Mary
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Planting corn as a trap crop to protect cotton against the cotton bollworm

open access: yes, 2014
Press bulletin containing general information on using corn as a trap crop to protect cotton against ...
Eyer, J. R. (John Robert), 1895-;
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Development and Adoption of Bt Cotton in India : Economic, Environmental and Health Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Bt Cotton, is genetically engineered with Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a bio-toxin which comes from soil bacterium. Bt which was isolated from soil in 1911, has been available to farmers as an organic pesticide since 1930..The engineered Bt gene produces
-, Dr S Saravanan   +1 more
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Crop phenolgy, pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella, Saunders) damage and yield of cotton hybrids in relation to sowing dates

open access: yes, 2003
Not AvailableThe occurrence of other bollworms being minimal, the number of bad bolls, open boll damage and loculi damage by P. gossypiella was 55.5, 54.1 and 61 per cent lower in early than normal date of sowing, respectively.Not ...
Vennila, S., P. R. Panchbhai, M. S. Ramteke and V. K. Biradar
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