Friday, January 12, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Balconies J & K (New Orleans Marriott)
Cotton Insect Research and Control - Friday Morning - Session B
Presidings:Konasale J. Anilkumar, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Patricia O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
Part 1 
8:00 AM 
Refining Treatment Thresholds for the Complex of Sucking Bugs in the Southeast - 2006   
Jeremy Greene1, Phillip Roberts2, Jack Bacheler3, John Ruberson2, Dan Robinson4, Dan Mott5, Tommy Walker6, Charles Davis7 and Lonnie Bull8, (1)Clemson University, Blackville, SC, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh,, NC, (4)Clemson University, Edisto Research & Education Center, Blackville, SC, (5)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (6)Clemson University, Ridgeland, SC, (7)Clemson University, St. Matthews, SC, (8)Consultant, Cameron, SC
8:15 AM 
Effect of Varying Levels of Boll Feeding Bug Damage on Fiber Quality of Machine Picked Cotton Processed at the UGA MicroGin   
Phillip Roberts1, Andy K. Knowlton1, John R. Ruberson1, Jack Bacheler2, Dan W. Mott3, David E. Morrison4, Thomas Pegram5, Jeremy Greene6, Dan Robinson7, Tommy Walker8, Sam Turnipseed7, Mike Sullivan7, Ronald Smith9 and Craig W. Bednarz10, (1)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh,, NC, (3)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (4)North Carolina State University, Laurinburg, NC, (5)North Carolina State University, Monroe, NC, (6)Clemson, Blackville, SC, (7)Clemson University, Edisto Research & Education Center, Blackville, SC, (8)Clemson University, Ridgeland, SC, (9)Auburn University, Auburn, AL, (10)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
8:30 AM 
Morphometric Analysis of Lygus Species from Texas   
Ram B. Shrestha and Anup Bastola, Texas AgriLife Research, Lubbock, TX
8:45 AM 
Evaluation of Compensatory Ability of Cotton to Fruit Loss by Lygus hesperus in the Texas High Plains   
Apurba K. Barman, Megha N. Parajulee and Ram B. Shrestha, Texas Agricultural Experimental Station, Lubbock, TX
9:00 AM 
Influence of Lygus on the Fruit Retention of Pima Cotton - CANCELED 
P.B. Goodell, Cooperative Extension - Univ Calif, Parlier, CA and R. B. Hutmacher, University of California, Shafter, CA
9:15 AM 
Plant Bug and Stink Bug Feeding: Are Adults and Nymphs Equal?   
Fred Musser and Jack Reed, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
9:30 AM Break 
9:45 AM 
Managing Difficult to Control Tarnished Plant Bugs 
Jeff Gore, USDA, ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS, Gordon Snodgrass, Stoneville, MS, Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS and Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS
10:00 AM Break 
10:30 AM 
Tarnished Plant Bug Management in Northeast Louisiana   
D. R. Cook1, B. R. Leonard2, E. Burris3 and D. R. Burns1, (1)LSU AgCenter, St. Joseph, LA, (2)LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA, (3)LSU AgCenter, Northeast Research Station, St. Joseph, LA
10:45 AM 
Insecticide Efficacy of Foliar Applications for Tarnished Plant Bug and Other Key Insect Pests of Cotton in the Mississippi Delta   
James T. Robbins, Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, MS
Part 2 
11:00 AM 
Introduction of an Opportunistic Bacterial Cotton Pathogen Into Bolls by the Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula L.)   
Enrique Gino Medrano, USDA-ARS-SPARC Cotton Pathology Research Unit, College Station, TX, Jesus Esquivel, USDA-ARS-SPARC Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, College Station, TX and Alois Bell, USDA-ARS-SPARC, College Station, TX
11:15 AM 
New Compounds for Capturing Southern Green Stink Bugs in Baited Traps   
Glynn Tillman1, Jeffrey Aldrich2, Ashot Khrimian2 and Ted Cottrell3, (1)USDA, ARS, Tifton, GA, (2)USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, (3)USDA-ARS, Byron, GA
11:30 AM 
Stink Bug Distribution Based on Black Light Trap Captures Across North Carolina in Relation to Surrounding Agricultural Host Plant Ratios 
Eric L. Blinka, Jack S. Bacheler, J.R. Bradley and J. W. Van Duyn, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
11:45 AM 
Dynamic Stink Bug Thresholds in the Southeast: Conception to Delivery   
Jack Bacheler1, Phillip Roberts2, Jeremy Greene3, Dan W. Mott1, John Ruberson2, Dan Robinson3 and Eric Blinka1, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, (3)Clemson, Blackville, SC
12:00 PM 
Control Options for Thrips – 2005 
Jeremy K. Greene1, Chuck Capps1, Gus M. Lorenz2, Kyle Colwell2 and Glenn Studebaker3, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR
12:15 PM 
Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Control of Tarnished Plant Bug – 2005 
Chuck Capps1, Jeremy Greene1, Gus M. Lorenz2, Kyle Colwell2 and Glenn Studebaker3, (1)University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, (2)University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Little Rock, AR, (3)University of Arkansas, Keiser, AR
12:30 PM 
Insecticide Efficacy against Stink Bug Pests 
Jeremy K. Greene, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
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