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Insecticide Recommendations for Tarnished Plant Bug

As cotton starts to square, it’s time for growers to check their fields every week for tarnished plant bugs. These pests can hurt your yield, especially early in the season. If we protect the first…

Thrips Infestation Predictor within-season risk running from green (low risk) to red (high risk)

How to Nail 2025 Thrips Management (Reisig, Huseth)

With planters rolling, we urge growers to think about thrips management now.This article will cover 1) the Thrips Infestation Predictor and 2) insecticide management best practices, including dealing…

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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…

Cotton field with spider mite infestation

Early and Mid-Season Insecticide Recommendations for Tarnished Plant Bug

We recently published a holistic article to plan for tarnished plant bug in 2023. Since then, we have received a lot of questions about what to use at this point in the season as folks are making…

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Spider Mites Are a Problem in Cotton

With hot, dry sustained weather across the state, odd issues are showing up. A couple weeks ago, we had a rash of false chinch bug in some parts of the state. Fortunately they didn't amount to much…

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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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Plant Bug Management in Cotton

Cotton must be managed differently pre- and post-bloom. First of all, we need to use the correct sampling method. The importance of this has been covered previously. Briefly, adults colonize cotton…

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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…

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Stink Bug Management in Cotton

Folks have been noting a fair bit of stink bugs in cotton and earlier than normal this year. Below are tips for scouting and treating, including insecticide choice:ScoutingStink bugs don't damage…