Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University, DREC, 82 Stoneville Rd, P. O. Box 197, 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.
Experiments were conducted in the Mississippi Delta to evaluate early season insect control in cotton. Topics to be addressed will include the impact of at-planting insecticides (seed treatments and aldicarb) on thrpis and aphid populations, foliar control of thrips and aphids, and early season control of tarnished plant bugs.