Tina Gray Teague, University of Arkansas Agricultual Experiment Station - Arkansas State University, PO Box 2340, State University, AR 72467, Diana Danforth, University of Arkansas Dept of Agri Economics and Ag Business, AGRI 225, Fayetteville, AR 72701, and Patricia F. O'Leary, Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513.
The capacity to identify the final stage of crop susceptibility to insect pests is a major benefit to using the COTMAN™ crop monitoring system. A crop which has accumulated 350 DD60s following cutout has been shown to be safe from new infestations of major fruit feeding insects including boll weevil, tobacco budworm and bollworm. Studies with tarnished plant bug that have been underway in Arkansas indicate that infestations of tarnished plant bugs after Cutout + 350 DD60s result in no significant yield penalty. Studies were conducted in furrow and drip irrigated small plots in NE Arkansas on Wildy Farms in 2001 through 2005 and in small plot studies near Marianna in 2004 and 2005. Effects of bug injury on crop earliness, final yield and fiber quality will be discussed.
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