Cotton Cercospora Leaf Spot Observed Across NC
Cercospora leaf spot of cotton (Fig. 1), caused Cercospora gossypina (syn. Mycosphaerella gossypina), has been observed across North Carolina cotton growing …
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Should You Spray Bollgard 3, TwinLink Plus, or WideStrike 3 Cotton for Bollworm Resistance Management?
The short answer is no way! The following are data and logic to support this position. First, we have replicated …
Start Scouting for Bollworm
As we have seen in previous years from monitoring corn, Bt resistance is on the rise. They also are …
Stink Bug Management in Cotton
Folks have been noting a fair bit of stink bugs in cotton and earlier than normal this year. Below …
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 …
Insecticide Recommendations for Tarnished Plant Bug
With more cotton starting to square, ALL cotton in the state should be scouted so that we maintain acceptable …
Scouting Tarnished Plant Bug (How Not to Miss a Spray)
As mentioned in the 2019 North Carolina Cotton Information guide, “the key to successful cotton production in North Carolina …
Pest Patrol Phone Updates- Another Way to Get Information
One more way to receive information is through the Pest Patrol. The Pest Patrol is a phone hotline that …
Section 18 Emergency Exemption Approved for Transform in 2019 Cotton- Plant Bugs
Effective May 1, 2019, and expiring October 30, 2019, Transform has been approved for use in cotton as an …
Choosing an Insecticidal Seed Treatment or in-Furrow for Thrips in Cotton (Reisig, Collins, Huseth)
Lots of folks are wondering what to use downstream for thrips in cotton. It’s critical to not only get …
2018 Regional Insecticide Efficacy Survey Now Available - Cotton, Corn, Soy
Each year the Cotton Belt entomologists are polled concerning insecticide efficacy. You can find these by going to the …
When to Spray Late-Season Bollworm
Another bollworm flight is on and, from the looks of it, there are many more moths in the system …
When Should You End Insecticide Sprays for Tarnished Plant Bugs in Cotton?
Article by Reisig and Collins To answer this question, you need to know when the field first reached cutout, which …
Aphids, Bollworms, Stink Bugs, & Tarnished Plant Bugs Complicating Insecticide Management
Well it is definitely mid-season cotton management time here in North Carolina. Lots of questions on a complex of …
Bollworm Spray Recommendations for Bt Cotton and Important Scouting Changes
We are seeing as many, or more breakthroughs in Bt corn this year compared to last. Bollworms that are …
Cotton and Soybean Scouting School
Please consider attending a scouting school this summer. We will post as they become available. Here is information on …
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 …
Section 18 Emergency Exemption Approved for Transform in Cotton-Plant Bugs
Effective June 15, 2018 and expiring October 30, 2018, Transform has been approved for use in cotton as an …
Scouting and Treating for Plant Bugs in Squaring Cotton
Article by Dominic Reisig, Guy Collins, and Mohammad Amir-Aghaee Cotton should be scouted for plant bugs from the time it …
Should You Spray for Cotton Thrips?
What is the growth stage of the cotton? I cannot stress the importance of this point. Cotton is the …
At-Planting Thrips Insecticide Recommendations for Cotton (Reisig, Huseth, & Collins)
Tobacco thrips are the most common thrips species that infest North Carolina cotton. Because most tobacco thrips populations are …
Considerations for Pyrethroids (Bifenthrin and Others) Used to Manage Bollworm in Cotton and Soybean
Pyrethroids (common examples include Baythroid XL, bifenthrin, Declare, Karate Z, and Mustang Maxx) have been used for managing bollworm …
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 Spray Bollworm in Bt Cotton During 2017
Bollworms are abundant again during 2017. Many survived the winter an emerged early. This could mean trouble for cotton, …
Insecticide Recommendations for Plant Bugs
So far plant bug activity has been normal to a bit on the low side. With more cotton starting …
Check Cotton at First Square for Plant Bugs
Article by Reisig, Collins and Amir-Aghaee Cotton should be scouted for plant bugs from the time it squares until the …
Time to Check Cotton for Thrips
This is just a reminder to check cotton for thrips. It’s a hard reminder when there is so much …
Insecticide Efficacy Results for Corn, Cotton and Soybeans
Extension entomologists are surveyed yearly across the Cotton Belt for how well insecticides and Bt crops are working. These …
Use the Thrips Forecasting Tool to Make Preplant Management Decisions (Kennedy, Chappell, Huseth & Reisig)
http://climate.ncsu.edu/cottonthripsrisk/ Why use this tool? Most everyone knows that you need something preplant for thrips, whether that is an insecticidal …
Managing Bollworms in Bt Cotton Through Season’s End
Written by Drs. Guy Collins and Dominic Reisig As predicted, we have had an extraordinary year for bollworms in Bt …
Bollworm Flight Is On! Light Trap Data for NC Available Here
Light trap data can always be accessed by visiting cotton.ces.ncsu.edu. Scroll over to “links” and down to “light trap …
Section 18 Crisis Exemption Approved for Sivanto Prime on Sweet Sorghum for Sugarcane Aphid
Many thanks to Commissioner Troxler for approving the use of Sivanto Prime for control of sugarcane aphid on sweet …
Be Prepared to Spray Bollworm in Bt Cotton This Year- Change in Recommendation
As noted in this complementary article, bollworm populations have been heavy this year in corn and they are breaking …
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 …
Thrips Risk Forecast 2016- Should You Spray?
When did you plant? On average, cotton planted after the 17 of May is safe from thrips. The earlier …
Last Chance! North Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Adaptation Work Group Needs You Help
Dear North Carolina Commodity Crop Producers, North Carolina produces more tobacco and sweet potatoes than any other state and ranks …
US EPA Approves Use of Aldicarb for 2016 Season
The US EPA has approved the use of AgLogic™ 15G Aldicarb Pesticide for the 2016 planting season. Unfortunately for …
Managing Cotton Aphids
Cotton aphids have been more prevalent than normal this year in NC. Treatment is only recommended if the following …
Stink Bug Management in Cotton
This article is focused on management of stink bugs in the Blacklands, Coastal Plain, and eastern Piedmont (primarily brown …
Managing Plant Bugs in Squaring Cotton
Although it looks like plant bugs may be again be an issue in 2015, we don’t need to panic. …
Bollworms in Bt Cotton
We are between flights right now (click here and select “corn earworm” on the right), having experienced our major …