Budworm Levels High This Year?
Article by Jack Bacheler Although not a pest of Bt cotton, budworms can sometimes be a problem of peanut and soybean. In three caterpillar samples taken from untreated peanut fields during the past...
View ArticleStink Bugs Still a Threat to Cotton
Article by Jack Bacheler Stink bugs remain a potential threat in many areas of NC, both because of our generally late crop and high proportion of susceptible bolls and due to high stink bug...
View ArticleStink Bug Insecticide Efficacy in Cotton
Stink bugs are still an issue in some of our cotton (see previous week’s article by Jack Bacheler), especially given the fact that we will have a late crop with late-developing bolls that will need...
View ArticleCotton and Soybean Insect Update
Article by Jack Bacheler, NCSU Extension Entomologist We now a portion of our cotton crop no longer vulnerable to insects. That is, with lateral squares and blooms difficult to find and medium-sized...
View ArticleCotton Insects on the Decline?
Article by Jack Bacheler, NCSU Extension Entomologist This week we appear to be much closer to putting cotton insects in the rear view mirror. Only stink bugs remain a possible threat in some late...
View ArticleCotton Insect Update
Article by Jack Bacheler, NCSU Extension Entomologist With the exception of some late cotton fields with decent levels of small bolls and a potential top crop given average conditions going forward,...
View ArticleNew NC Cotton Website Now Live
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Portal is now live (click here). This portal will be THE go to resource for many NCCE specialists’ content regarding cotton. Cotton information from me will...
View ArticleCotton Insect Finale
Article by Jack Bacheler, NCSU Extension Entomologist Our damaged boll survey, though just now underway, has covered just over 100 total cotton fields in 4 counties. Trends are already evident. Not...
View ArticleCorn Earworm/Bollworm Moths are Back
Earworm/bollworm trap catches have picked up in some spots over the past week from the Sandhills through the Coastal Plain. Their abundance in the Blacklands seems to be relatively light, although I...
View ArticleFirst Confirmation of Cry1F Resistant Fall Armyworm in North Carolina Corn
The first discovery of fall armyworm in corn expressing the Cry1F toxin was made in Hyde County during August 2013. Corn hybrids planted in North Carolina that express this toxin include Genuity...
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