Cotton Insect Research and Control - Wednesday Early Morning - Session A

Wednesday, January 8, 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Galerie 3 (New Orleans Marriott)
8:00 AM
Influence of Wooly Croton Soaking on Cotton Fleahopper Emergence from Overwintered Eggs
Abdul Hakeem, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Megha Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
8:15 AM
Progress and Challenges in Managing a Boll-Feeding Sucking Bug Complex of Stink Bugs and Plant Bugs on Cotton: Sampling and Damage Assessment
Michael Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; James Glover, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Darwin Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Stephen Biles, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; Clyde Crumley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; Danielle Sekula, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
8:30 AM
Dow Agrosciences' Transform Insecticide: Performance in Western U.S. Cotton
Jesse M Richardson, Dow AgroSciences; Boris A Castro, Dow AgroSciences; Peter C Ellsworth, University of Arizona; Larry D Godfrey, UC Davis; James D Thomas, Dow AgroSciences
8:45 AM
Fungal Endophytes Reduce Sucking Bug Feeding on Cotton Squares and Bolls
Gregory A Sword, Texas A&M University; Ashley Tessnow, Texas A&M University; Maria Julissa Ek-Ramos, Texas A&M University; Steve Hague, Texas A&M University
9:00 AM
Dow Agrosciences' Transform Insecticide: Performance in Southern U.S. Cotton
Melissa W Siebert, Dow AgroSciences; Larry Walton, Dow AgroSciences; Gary Thompson, Dow AgroSciences; Bobby Haygood, Dow AgroSciences; Ryan Viator, Dow AgroSciences; Michael Lovelace, Dow AgroSciences; John Richburg, Dow AgroSciences
9:15 AM
Plant Bug Management in Mississippi
Christopher S Dobbins, Mississippi State University
9:30 AM
Performance of Transform Against Selected Cotton Insects in Laboratory and Field Studies
Bryan Olivi, Delta Research and Extension Center; Don Cook, Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center; Jeff Gore, Mississippi State University; Angus Catchot, Mississippi State University; Fred Musser, Mississippi State University; Gordon Snodgrass, USDA ARS, SIMRU
9:45 AM
Evaluation of Economic Thresholds of Stink Bugs and Verde Plant Bugs in South Texas
Stephen Biles, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service; Michael Brewer, Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Darwin Anderson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research