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Agricultural Extension Service The Texas A&M University System |
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Home Phone: 915-354-2466 Fax: 915-354-2348 |
Office
Phone: 915-354-2477
Daily Insect Update: 915-354-2476 E-Mail: w-multer@tamu.edu |
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| VOL. 21, NO. 6 |
Warren
L. Multer, EA/IPM
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June
14, 2001
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PEST MANAGEMENT REPORT NEWS ABOUT
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN GLASSCOCK, REAGAN AND UPTON COUNTIES |
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GENERAL
SITUATION Hot,
Dry and Windy!
The scouts have located most producers and scouted their fields one time. If you have not been contacted please call. We will only scout about 90 fields this year because many farmers have no irrigated cotton and the dryland cotton has not emerged. COTTON FLEAHOPPERS Cotton
fleahoppers ranged from 0-30 per 100 plants. The % square sets ranged
from 82-100%. The higher fleahopper numbers were found in a patch of
older pima cotton that is fruiting rapidly. BOLLWORM An occasional bollworm egg can be found. |
BEET ARMYWORMS Beet Armyworms are still scattered in very light numbers in area fields. No economic infestation can be found. COTTON APHIDS Cotton Aphids can be found in several fields in low numbers. One field in Reagan County has higher numbers causing some stunting of plants but predators are increasing rapidly and should control them. JUMBO GRASSHOPPERS Jumbo Grasshoppers are still present but numbers moving into fields have dropped considerably.
One field in Reagan County had 6-8 rows of cotton killed along a turnrow by false chinch bugs. This is the only location I know of with that much damage. BOLL WEEVIL TRAP CATCHES Boll Weevil activity remains very light. No weevils were captured in area traps. We did capture 7 weevils near a field in the Forsan area. |
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HEAT
UNITS averaged 23 per day the past week. Heat units since 5-1, 5-15
and 6-1 are compared with last year and a five year average in the table
below.
WEATHER
DATA is not available at this time. The weather station is under
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