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Cotton Hopper Infestation Threatens Cotton Belt Crops
The article details the cotton hopper complex spreading across the cotton belt from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina. It notes the insect’s lifecycle in stems, damage to squares, and weed-host breeding grounds, with control trials favoring superfine dusting sulphur at ten pounds per acre and follow up applications every four to five days until pest pressure subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Texas
Bureau of Entomology
Georgia
South Carolina
Cotton Belt
Cotton
Louisiana
South Texas
Tallulah Laboratory