Friday, January 12, 2007 - 9:45 AM

Managing Difficult to Control Tarnished Plant Bugs

Jeff Gore, USDA, ARS, SIMRU, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776, Gordon Snodgrass, USDA ARS Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776, Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University, Clay Lyle Bldg., Mississippi State, MS 39762, and Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, P. O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776.

Resistance to the organophosphates by tarnished plant bugs is becoming an important concern in mid-South cotton. This presentation will address multiple startegies including cultural, biological, and chemical controls as well as sampling and expected yield losses to manage this pest.

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