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Bullet-Proof Boll Weevil: The History of Boll Weevil Eradication [PDF]
, 2021 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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Ciência Rural: In this study, we determined the spatial and temporal distribution of fallen cotton squares and small cotton bolls fallen damaged by boll weevil and the efficiency and time interval of the equipment used to collect cotton samples.
Carlos Alberto Domingues da Silva +3 more
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Satire and Silence Under Authoritarian Rule: Cotton and Pesticide Perceptions in Tajikistan
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 70 years, agricultural chemicals have become a mainstay of cotton farming in Central Asia. This growing reliance on agrochemicals has not remained uncontested. This article analyses the politics of pesticides in Soviet and post‐Soviet Tajikistan by examining how, and to what extent, pesticides have featured in graphic satire, an ...
Irna Hofman, Flora Roberts
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Comparative Trap Catches in Four Boll Weevil Trap Types
, 1986 The 1985 and 1986 Cotton Reports have the same publication and P-Series numbers.Four trap types were used to trap boll weevils at 1 m heights, with and without grandlure, and 2 trap types were compared at 0.5 m height, with and without grandlure.
Henneberry, T. J. +2 more
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Poisoning the cotton boll weevil /
, 1929 A guide to selecting the most suitable method for controlling the boll weevil. Describes poisons and equipment used in boll-weevil control.
B. R. Coad +1 more
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Scientia Agricola: The boll weevil colonizes cotton fields as early as cotton squaring, causing significant losses due to feeding and protected development inside fruiting structures throughout crop phenology.
Robério Carlos dos Santos Neves +3 more
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Insects, 2021 The tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), (Hemiptera: Miridae) is considered the most damaging pest of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in the mid-southern United States, although it is established throughout the United States ...
Justin George +4 more
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Refuge by day, forage by night: Diel activity of vine weevil as characterised by smart monitoring
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 508-514, August 2026.Vine weevil activity was monitored using a Smart trap, which recorded diel refuge‐seeking behaviour. Increasing light intensity triggered refuge seeking behaviour, while lower light intensity induced forage seeking activity. Understanding vine weevil diel activity can enhance early detection, which can improve the effectiveness of integrated pest ...
Ronald Manjoro +5 more
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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2005 Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar os efeitos de três características morfológicas mutantes de linhagens de algodoeiro herbáceo (Gossypium hirsutum L. r.
Francisco das Chagas Vidal Neto +3 more
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Responses of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Protein Bait Applied at Different Densities
Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 6, Page 736-742, July 2026.ABSTRACT The effectiveness of odour‐based lures for insects is related to their active space, the air volume around an odour source in which an insect will detect and move towards it. This principle applies to protein baits laced with toxicants that are used as either sprays or stations to suppress pest fruit fly populations.
Msizi R. Ramaoka +2 more
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