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Invasive Cotton Jassid Arrives in North Carolina Cotton

Recently we published information on a new invasive pest knocking on the door of North Carolina. Unfortunately this pest has now arrived in Robeson County and, likely, Scotland County cotton.What we…

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Preserve Cotton Yield by Addressing Tarnished Plant Bug

With low cotton prices, growers are rightly looking to reduce the cost of production. This previous article details why growers should not skimp on mite and insect pest management. This article…

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Saving Money on Cotton in 2025? Don't Skimp on Scouting & Treating Mite and Insect Pests

With cotton prices down, many growers are looking for ways to cut production costs. This article emphasizes the importance of staying diligent in scouting and treating mite and insect pests in…

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Don't Forget About Stink Bugs in Cotton

Following the reduced-spray environment brought by Bt cotton, stink bugs became a consistent pest. These were a major concern for growers and still are, outside of areas that knock them out with…

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Tarnished Plant Bug Management in 2024

With cotton squaring, growers should have someone scouting their fields weekly for tarnished plant bugs. With the dry conditions, most of the adults are in silking corn. As corn pollinates and the…

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Pest Alert- Scout for Foliage Feeding From Asiatic Garden Beetle

Asiatic garden beetle is an invasive insect that is an occasional pest of seedling cotton in North Carolina. In 2023, growers noted foliar feeding on a locally sporadic, but regionally widespread,…

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Should You Treat ThryvOn Cotton With Insecticide?

The short answer for thrips is no, and for plant bugs, yes, if it hits threshold. We covered this in a 2023 article, but here is some more justification.ThripsThryvOn cotton is an egg-laying and…

Heatmap "Within-Season Risk for 2024" showing daily risk by date, green-to-red color scale

How to Nail 2024 Thrips Management (Reisig, Huseth)

With planters rolling soon, we urge growers to think about thrips management now. The best source of information for timely thrips activity is the Thrips Infestation Predictor. This online tool…

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Regional Insecticide Recommendations for Plant Bugs

Article by D. Reisig and A. HusethA recent survey of commercial fields in North Carolina provided data verifying the long-known regional nature of tarnished plant bug (aka Lygus bug). Furthermore,…

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Pre-Bloom Plant Bug Management

By Dominic Reisig and Anders Huseth With cotton moving into squaring it’s a good time to think about a game plan for tarnished plant bugs. In recent years, tarnished plant bug infestations have…