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 - 4:45 PM

Managing Fall Armyworm with Bt Cotton

Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, P. O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776 and Jeff Gore, USDA, ARS, SIMRU, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776.

Single and dual-gene Bt cottons were evaluated for their performance against the corn and rice strains of fall armyworm in 2007.  Both field and laboratory tests were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of these cottons against fall armyworm.