WITH BT cotton, which now forms an estimated 90 per cent of national production, the composition of cotton pests is changing. Some of them, which were historically considered to be friendly, are now ...
COTTON, the mainstay of our national economy, is cultivated over an area of six million acres. The produce goes to thousands of ginning factories and hundreds of textile mills which provide employment ...
AgWeb: New Cotton Trait A ‘Game Changer’ For Tarnished Plant Bug, Thrip Control
Cotton growers needing better control of tarnished plant bugs, thrips and other key pests this season have a new tool now available with the biotech trait ThryvOn Technology. The first-of-its-kind, ...
New Cotton Trait A ‘Game Changer’ For Tarnished Plant Bug, Thrip Control
A red bug that has invaded a resident’s yard has been positively identified by the county as scantius aegyptius, also known as the red bug and new to the area. Dr. Tracy Ellis, an entomologist with ...
Los Angeles Times: Genetically modified cotton stops one bug but fosters others
The widespread planting of a genetically engineered crop designed to withstand a menacing pest has had the unanticipated consequence of transforming benign bugs into agricultural predators, according ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Bugs, Birds and Bats Cleaning Up in Cotton Crops
The cotton and paddy crops, which have been sown on a major area in the district, have come under the attack of sucking insects and leaf folder bugs, respectively. The cotton crop has been largely ...
Cotton pests can impact yield and fiber quality. Learn how IPM strategies help growers protect crops all season long.