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Abundance and diversity of cotton insect pests under repeatedly cultivated cotton fields of Tanzania [PDF]
IntroductionCotton production in Tanzania is facing significant challenges due to insect pests that cause extensive damages to the crop. The most notable pests include the African bollworm (Heliothis armigera Hubner), Spiny bollworm (Earias biplaga ...
Gration M Rwegasira
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Breeding and Molecular Characterization of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Cotton [PDF]
Cotton is one of the world’s important cash crops and occupies a significant position in agricultural production and the national economy. However, insect pests severely affect the growth, yield and quality of cotton.
Xiaochun Zhang +8 more
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Insect and Mite Integrated Pest Management in Florida Cotton
Insect and mite pests of cotton feed on cotton roots, leaves, stems, and fruit and reduce plant health and productivity, and, subsequently, cotton crop yields.
Joseph E. Funderburk +3 more
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Transgenic insect-resistant cotton is being increasingly planted in Xinjiang cotton-planting regions, where geographical climate conditions and species composition of pests and natural enemies are greatly unique in China.
Kongming Wu, Xuexin Chen
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Several plant species and their compounds are well-known to have some pesticidal properties against a wide range of insect pests. Potential of two water plant extracts, Azadirachta indica A.
Muhammad Arshad +2 more
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CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS ON COTTON, 1999
J V Edelson
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Phytophagous insects in cotton crop residues during the fallow period in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]
: The objective of this work was to analyze the faunistic composition of the insect pests that occur during the fallow period in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crop residues in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The study sites were the municipalities
Rafael Azevedo da Silva +4 more
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The introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton has reduced the burden of pests without harming the environment and human health. However, the efficacy of Bt cotton has decreased due to field-evolved resistance in insect pests over time.
Muhammad Mubashar ZAFAR +7 more
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Sucking pests are major threat to cotton field crop which cause unbearable losses to the crop yield. Aim of the current study was to record seasonal dynamics of major sucking insect pests including whitefly, jassid, thrips and their natural arthropod ...
A. Nadeem, H. M. Tahir, A. A. Khan
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THE EFFECT OF COTTON PLANT SPACING ON IMPORTANT INSECT PESTS AND THEIR RELATED PREDATORS AND YIELD [PDF]
Field study was carried out at Desuq district, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate during two successive seasons, 2007 and 2008 to determine the effect of cotton plant spacing on the important insect pets and their associated predators as well as the cotton yield.
A. Mesbah +2 more
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