Common Contracts

SUMMARY

January 15th, 2009

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  January 15th, 2009

Funding for this project used to partially support general extension activities such as scout training, moth trapping, resistance monitoring, insecticide testing and on-farm evaluations of various insect control technologies and treatment thresholds. Pheromone moth trapping for bollworm, tobacco budworm, and beet armyworm provides insight into the timing and intensity of moth flights. Moth monitoring improves the decision making process, helping crop managers in the selection of insecticides and to indicate the need for intensified sampling efforts. This ultimately helps to minimize control costs and/or yield losses incurred by producers. In 2008, moth catches for each county were reported weekly in the Tennessee IPM newsletter. This information was posted on the internet at www.utcrops.com and was distributed to agents, producers, consultants and other agricultural professionals. Moth catches were generally low in 2008 with peak bollworm catches occurring in mid August. This was consi