Managing Thrips Where It Really Matters: Different Options for Early and Late Planted Cotton in Virginia and North Carolina
D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech; Jack S. Bacheler, North Carolina State University; Sean Malone, Virginia Tech; Dan Mott, North Carolina State University

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Bollworm/Tobacco Budworm Abundance in Pheromone Traps During the Past Twenty-Four Years in Northwest Louisiana
S. Micinski, LSU AgCenter; Colleen Cookson, LSU AgCenter

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Development of a Thrips Resistant, Adapted Cotton Cultivar for The Texas High Plains: Screening, Crossing and Field Trials
Mark D. Arnold, Texas AgriLife Research; Jane Dever, Texas AgriLife Research; Heather D. Elkins, Texas AgriLife Research; Monica A. Sheehan, Texas AgriLife Research

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Evaluation of Insecticides On Cotton Fleahopper and Beneficial Arthropod Populations
Charles P. C. Suh, USDA-ARS, APMRU; Roy D. Parker, Texas AgriLIFE Extension; Juan Lopez, USDA-ARS-SPARC

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Insecticide Resistance Monitoring in Georgia: Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Insecticides On Field-Collected Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm Populations
Jesse A. Brown, University of West Georgia; Gregory T. Payne, University of West Georgia

Influence of Cover Crops in Conservation Tillage Systems On Aldicarb Rate Requirement for Thrips Management in Cotton
Norman Dean Kemp, University of Georgia; John All, University of Georgia

Neotropical Brown Stink Bug Euschistus heros (Fabr., 1798) Attack On Bt-Cotton Bolls Cultivated in Brazilian Savannah
Miguel Ferreira Soria, Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados; Paulo Eduardo Degrande, Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados; Antônio Ricardo Panizzi, Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Research - EMBRAPA / National Center for Soybean Research; Danielle Thomazoni, Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados; Everton Kodama, Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados; Thiago Moreira Azambuja, Agricultural Science College / Federal University of Grande Dourados

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Summary of Insecticide Efficacy Trials for Control of Tarnished Plant Bug in Louisiana, 2007-09
Jessica L. Moore, LSU AgCenter; Joshua H. Temple, LSU AgCenter; Jarrod T. Hardke, LSU AgCenter; Karla Emfinger, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Paul P. Price, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Josh T. Copes, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Jonathan W. Sharp, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station; Eugene Burris, LSU Agricultural Center, Northeast Research Station; Kyle A. Fontenot, Bayer CropScience; Roger Leonard, LSU AgCenter, Macon Ridge Station

Developing An Action Threshold for Thrips in the Texas High Plains
David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Megha Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Ed Bynum, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Monti Vandiver, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Manda Cattaneo, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Kerry Siders, Texas AgriLIFE Extension; Dustin Patman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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Efficacy of Insecticides On Cotton Aphids and Impact On Key Aphid Predators
Brant Baugh, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Dustin Patman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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Evaluation of Seedling Transgenic Cotton Containing Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxins to Saltmarsh Caterpillar
Raymondbo J. Kesey, Texas AgriLife Research; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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Efficacy of Foliar and Preventive Insecticides towards Thrips in the Texas High Plains
Emilio Nino, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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Potential of Diamond Insecticide for Lygus Management in the Texas High Plains
Dustin Patman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Brant Baugh, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Kerry Siders, Texas AgriLIFE Extension

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Irrigation Timing and Tarnished Plant Bug Management – Implications for Late Season Susceptibility to Tarnished Plant Bug and COTMAN Crop Termination Decisions - Year Two
Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Diana M. Danforth, University of Arkansas

Variation in White Flower Anther Injury Associated with Field Plot Size in Tarnished Plant Bug Host Plant Resistance Evaluations in Arkansas Cotton
Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Jeffery Willers, USDA-ARS Crop Research Laboratory; Fred M. Bourland, University of Arkansas-NEREC; George A. Milliken, Milliken Associates, Inc.

Crop Protection and Tillage – Focusing Management to Build Sustainable Cotton Systems
Tina Gray Teague, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Steve Green, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Jennifer Bouldin, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Calvin Shumway, Arkansas State University - University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station; Larry Fowler, University of Arkansas-NEREC

Patterns of Zone Management Uncertainty in Cotton Using Tarnished Plant Bug Distributions, NDVI, Soil EC_a, Yield, and Thermal Imagery
Patrick J. English, Mississippi State University; Sherri L. DeFauw, USDA ARS; Steven J. Thomson, USDA ARS

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Impact of Alfafa On Predation of Insects Pests in New Mexico
Jane Breen Pierce, New Mexico State University; Patricia Yates Monk, New Mexico State University

Investigation of Pheromone-Based Factors That May Reduce Capture of Boll Weevils in Traps
John K. Westbrook, USDA-ARS, APMRU; Charles P. C. Suh, USDA-ARS, APMRU

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Toxicity of Selected Insecticides and Insecticide Mixtures for Brown Stink Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Juan D. López, USDA-ARS, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit; M. A. Latheef, USDA-ARS, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit; Bill Ree, Texas AgriLife Extension

Response of Cotton Squares to Various Boll Weevil Oviposition Puncture Types
Jesus F. Esquivel, U. S. Department of Agriculture

Reduction of Thrips Populations with Tillage and Winter Cover Crops
J. David Griffin, University of Georgia; Michael D. Toews, University of Georgia; R. Scott Tubbs, University of Georgia; Dylan Q. Wann, University of Georgia; Dana Sullivan, TurfScout® LLC

Analyses of Boll Weevils Captured near Hay Bales
Gretchen D. Jones, USDA-ARS. APMRU; Noel Troxclair, Texas Agrilife Extension Service

Managing Stink Bugs in Cotton: Research in the Southeast Region
Jack Bacheler, North Carolina State University; Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech; Eric L. Blinka, Virginia Tech; Jeremy Greene, Clemson; Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia; John Van Duyn, North Carolina State University; Michael Toews, University of Georgia; Daniel Mott, North Carolina State University; Ronald Smith, Auburn University

Behavioral Response of Two Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Strains in Dual-Toxin Bt Cottons
J. Eric Howard, University of Arkansas, Southeast Research and Extension Center; D. Scott Akin, University of Arkansas; Ryan Jackson, USDA-ARS, SIMRU

Finding a Weevil in a Haystack?
Noel Troxclair, Texas Agrilife Extension Service

Lygus hesperus Feeding On Maturing Cotton Bolls: Adults Vs. Nymphs
Mahendra B. Adhikari, Texas AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research; Ram B. Shrestha, Texas AgriLife Research; David L. Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Regional Thrips Trial, 2009: Thrips Species Composition
Jack Reed, Mississippi State University; Scott Akin, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Jack S. Bacheler, North Carolina State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; D. R. Cook, Mississippi State University; Chris Daves, Mississippi State University; Jeremy K. Greene, Clemson University; D. Ames Herbert, Virginia Tech; David L. Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Roger Leonard, LSU Agricultural Center; Gus M. Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Phillip M. Roberts, University of Georgia; Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee; Glenn E. Studebaker, University of Arkansas; K. V. Tindall, Univ. of Missouri; Michael D. Toews, University of Georgia

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Effect of Roadside Alfalfa Mowing On the Abundance of Lygus hesperus in Adjacent Cotton Field: A Field Marking Study
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas AgriLife Research; Stanley C. Carroll, Texas AgriLife Research; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas AgriLife Research

Economic Impact of Dual-Toxin Bt Cottons in Arkansas
D. Scott Akin, University of Arkansas; Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Glenn E. Studebaker, University of Arkansas; Archie Flanders, University of Arkansas

Fate of Southern Green Stink-Bug Eggs in Bt-Cotton, Round-up Ready Cotton, Soybeans and Peanuts
John R. Ruberson, University of Georgia; Dawn Olson, USDA, ARS

Managing Tarnished Plant Bug Populations in Cotton in Arkansas
G. Studebaker, Univ. of Ark.- NEREC; Shawn W. Lancaster, University of Arkansas

Control of Tarnished Plant Bug with Selected Insecticides in Arkansas, 2009
K. Colwell, Univ. of Arkansas CES- Lonoke; Gus Lorenz, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; H. Wilf, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Nichole Taillon, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service; Ben Von Kanel, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service

Impact of Pre-Bloom Square Loss On Yield in Late Planted Cotton in the Texas High Plains
Tommy Doederlein, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Brant Baugh, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Population Fluctations of the Spiny Bollworm, Earias Insulana and Its Associated Predators During 2008 and 2009 Cotton Seasons (Minia Region, Egypt)
Abdelrahman M. Younis, Minia University; Sanaa A. Ibrahim, Minia University

Artificial Infestations of Transgenic Cottons with Beet Armyworms and Evaluation of Insect Mortality and Damage Under Field Conditions
Shoil M. Greenberg, USDA-ARS; John J. Adamczyk, USDA-ARS; C. Yang, USDA-ARS

Pink Bollworm Eradication in Arizona Cotton 2009 Progress Update
Leighton Liesner, Arizona Cotton Research & Protection Council; Larry Antilla, Arizona Cotton Research & Protection Council; Mike Whitlow, Arizona Cotton Research & Protection Council; Robert T. Staten, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, CPHST - Retired

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Development of a Binomial Sampling Plan for Thrips in Cotton
Mark Muegge, Texas Cooperative Extension; David Kerns, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Cotton Insect Research and Control Conference Posters