National Cotton Council of America
Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 8-11, 2008
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
The Cotton Foundation

Recorded Presentations

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 1:30 PM

Quantifying Tarnished Plant Bug Resistance to Acephate in Louisiana

Josh T. Copes1, Gordon Snodgrass2, R. D. Bagwell3, and Jonathan W. Sharp3. (1) 212B Macon Ridge Road, Winnsboro, LA 71295, (2) USDA, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776, (3) LSU Agcenter, 212A Macon Ridge Rd., Winnsboro, LA 71295

Tarnished plant bug populations from Louisiana were monitored for resistance to acephate.  Resistance monitoring data is correlated with field efficacy data to help better predict when field control failures with acephate will occur.