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COTTON INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT Agreement 10-649TN Scott Stewart, The University of TennesseeJanuary 25th, 2011
Funding is 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. Funding is also used to help support regional projects, several of which are also minimally supported by core grants from Cotton Incorporated. Pheromone moth trapping for bollworm, tobacco budworm, and beet armyworm are improving the decision making of crop managers. In 2010, moth catches for each county were reported weekly in the Tennessee IPM newsletter. This information is posted on the internet at www.utcrops.com and was distributed to agents, producers, consultants and other agricultural professionals via the IPM Newsletter. Only bollworm (i.e., corn earworm) moths were caught in substantial numbers during 2010. As predicted by moth traps, substantial bollworm pressure was observed in several counties of southwest Tennessee. The extensive use of W
