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Outlook on Agriculture, 1989
Despite competition from other natural and man-made fibres cotton remains the world's most important textile, of great economic importance in many of the countries in which it is grown. It is prone to a number of pests which reduce yield and the control of these presents many problems.
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Despite competition from other natural and man-made fibres cotton remains the world's most important textile, of great economic importance in many of the countries in which it is grown. It is prone to a number of pests which reduce yield and the control of these presents many problems.
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Integrated Management of Cotton Insect Pests in India
Outlook on Agriculture, 1998In India, cotton ( Gossypium spp) is an important fibre crop. However, on a world basis, productivity is quite low (average of 280 kg/ha). The major reasons for such low yields are drought and attacks of insect pests and plant diseases. Pesticides are therefore widely used to such an extent that >50% of total production cost is attributed to ...
V.T. Sundaramurthy, R.T. Gahukar
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Response of Cotton to Damage by Insect Pests in Australia: Pest Management Trials
Journal of Economic Entomology, 1992Twenty pest management experiments were done between 1985 and 1988 at 11 sites in the Namoi valley of NSW, Australia, on four varieties of cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. In every experiment, the control treatment, consisting of the standard action thresholds for the common insect pests of the region, was compared with higher early season thresholds ...
K. D. Brook, A. B. Hearn, C. F. Kelly
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Different transfer learning approaches for insect pest classification in cotton
Applied Soft Computingpub
Raul Toscano-Miranda +5 more
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Systems Approach to Cotton Insect Pest Management
1976Cotton is a major world agricultural crop cultivated for the harvest of lint fibers utilized extensively in the manufacture of apparel and household and industrial goods. Although linked biologically to the production of cotton fibers, cottonseeds are more than a mere byproduct of the cotton harvest.
D. W. DeMichele, Dale G. Bottrell
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Cultural control of cotton insect pests in the United States
Crop Protection, 1992Abstract During the past two decades, cotton production in the United States has largely shifted from production systems heavily dependent on broad-spectrum pesticides to systems utilizing an array of cultural and biological controls. Cultural controls embody an array of potential pest-control tactics, ranging from initial cultivar selection to a ...
K.R. Summy, E.G. King
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Evaluation of Temik for Control of Insect Pests on Cotton, 1985
Insecticide and Acaricide Tests, 1986Abstract A large plot field study was conducted on a commercial farm near Tivoli, TX, to evaluate Temik for control of early-season insect pests on cotton. Four treatments and an untreated check were compared in 32-row by 1500 ft plots of cotton planted 7 Apr on 38 inch rows.
M. F. Treacy +4 more
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Susceptibilities of Three Insect Pests of Cotton to Insecticides and Mixtures
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 1993Five insecticides and three mixtures were tested on the cotton flea beetle (CFB), Podagrica puncticolis (Weise), the spiny bollworm (SBW), Earias insulana (Boisd.), and the cotton aphids (CA), Aphis gossypii (Glov.). The relative potency (in terms of LD50 and or LC50) for CFB followed this order: endosulfan+dimethoate > endosulfan+chlorpyrifos ...
H. A. Mohamed +2 more
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COTGAME: Cotton Insect Pest Management Simulation Game
Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 1988AN interactive version of the Cotton and Insect Management (CIM) model was developed to aid individuals in improving their insect pest management decision making skills. This version, COTGAME, allowed the user to encounter situations and make decisions during the simulated cotton crop growing season.
Akbay, Kunter S. +2 more
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Seed Treatment of Cotton Against Diseases and Insect Pests
Outlook on Agriculture, 1959Research on the seed dressing of cotton has been highly rewarding. All the main cotton-growing countries are steadily developing the techniques that best meet their particular requirements, and seed-borne diseases that once took a heavy toll of the crop are now being well controlled.
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