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Should You Stop Treating Cotton for Insects?

Should I treat this cotton for bollworm eggs, plant bugs or stink bugs? This is a question I have been getting a lot this year with all our delayed and late-planted cotton. Of course it's not a…

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Switch Up Scouting and Spraying for Plant Bugs During Bloom

When cotton blooms, it’s time to switch sampling and thresholds for plant bugs. This previous article covered why you should scout differently in pre-bloom and post-bloom cotton. There is no magic…

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Manage Bollworm First, but Don't Forget Stink Bugs and Plant Bugs

As predicted, our first bollworm flight into cotton has been early and heavy. While our recommendation still stands to be prepared to use insecticides for bollworm overtop Bt cotton (click here),…

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Insecticide Recommendations for Plant Bugs

So far plant bug activity has been normal to a bit on the low side. With more cotton starting to square, ALL cotton in the state should be scouted so that we maintain acceptable square load to bring…

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Check Cotton at First Square for Plant Bugs

Article by Reisig, Collins and Amir-AghaeeCotton should be scouted for plant bugs from the time it squares until the last harvestable boll is formed. You can visit the cotton scouting guide for…

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Managing Plant Bugs in Blooming Cotton

When cotton blooms, it’s time to switch sampling and thresholds for plant bugs. This previous article covered management of plant bugs pre-bloom. There is no magic switch point, but once cotton…

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Gear Up to Scout Plant Bugs in Preblooming Cotton

Cotton should be scouted for plant bugs from the time it squares until the last harvestable boll is formed. You can visit the cotton scouting guide for detailed information, but below are some quick…

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Stink Bug Management in Cotton

Stink bugs are tearing through cotton that has bolls. Both plant bugs and especially stink bugs and their damage vary widely across North Carolina, but are generally at much higher levels that we’ve…

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Handling Plant Bugs Post Bloom

Plant bugs are still being found and treated, even farther into the Coastal Plain than usual. It seems like a lot of our fields treated for plant bugs in the past have experienced pressure once…

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Plant Bug and Stink Bug Update

Over the past couple weeks, I've been inundated with questions concerning both plant bugs and stink bugs. I think it's critical to clarify a few issues.First, when deciding to spray for plant bugs,…