Mississippi: Trap Catches Normal, Expect Moderate Worm Pressure
Insect trap catches are typical for this time of year, so expect moderate worm pressure in all sensitive crops.
View ArticleMissouri: Moth Trap Data for Bootheel Pests
European corn borer and tobacco budworm flight has been very light throughout all bootheel counties.
View ArticleSoybeans: Want More Bt Choices? Midsouth – Yes. Southeast – Maybe Not. – DTN
Bt soybeans designed to put a dent in defoliating pests such as looper, podworm and velvetbean caterpillar wait in the wings for U.S. growers. The question is, can the landscape
View ArticleNorth Carolina Tobacco: Budworms Hatching, but Wait Til They Reach Threshold
We observed our first budworm of the season this week in our research at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station near Rocky Mount, and I’ve also gotten word from agents
View ArticleSouth Carolina: Question of the Week: Tobacco Budworm
Last week the question was: What kind of moth is this? This is a tobacco budworm moth. The caterpillar of this moth can be a serious pest of several crops
View ArticleNorth Carolina Soybeans: Corn Earworm Management
Corn earworm/tobacco budworm can defoliate soybeans, but are more serious pests of seeds forming in the pod. They should never be sprayed at flowering, but should be controlled when pods
View ArticleAlabama Peanuts: Lots of Thrips, Other Pests on the Rise
Many sucking insect pests attack peanuts grown across the southeast. Untreated research plots in Alabama showed a high number of thrips; feeding and leaf distortion was more severe on the
View ArticleAlabama: When in Drought, Don’t Forget to Scout!
This article should appeal to a wide range of producers across Alabama. Year 2016 was an interesting year that started with a very wet spring followed by a drought that
View ArticleAlabama Cotton: Bug Clean Up Spray Advised for Fields in 4th-5th Week of Bloom
What are we currently finding in Alabama cotton fields? Plant bugs, both the tarnished and clouded species, have finally reached threshold or treatment levels in April planted fields that have
View ArticleAlabama: Scout Late-Soybeans for Loopers, Whiteflies a Threat to Cotton
During the 3rd week of August cotton bollworm (CBW) moth trap catch numbers increased significantly over the previous week in Baldwin and Escambia Counties and declined in Autauga and Limestone
View ArticleSouth Carolina Soybeans: Lots of Loopers and Stink Bugs
News from Around the State I collected hundreds of soybean loopers yesterday with Hannah Mikell, county agent in Clarendon County, and Cag Brunson, producer near Summerton, SC (thanks for the
View ArticleAlabama Peanuts: Weather and Insects – Major Shifts in Pest Activity, Abundance
This report is based on continuous insect monitoring information (May to August) using sticky wing pheromone traps. In this article we have also compared insect counts from 2016 (a drought
View ArticleFlorida Cotton: New Insect and Mite Control Guide Available
A UF/IFAS EDIS fact sheet is now available entitled “Insect and Mite Integrated Pest Management in Florida Cotton” by Joe Funderburk, Nicole Casuso, Norman Leppla, and Michael Donahue. The guide
View ArticleGeorgia Peanuts: Scout for Lesser Cornstalk Borer, Southern Corn Rootworm
In spite of the consistent rainfall that much of Georgia’s peanut growing region received from mid-May through early June, I have received several reports of fields at threshold for lesser […]
View ArticleGeorgia Cotton: Scout ALL Fields for Corn Earworm
Bt cotton technologies have allowed cotton growers to significantly reduce insecticide inputs for caterpillar pests. However Bt cotton is not and has never been immune to corn earworm (CEW). Since […]
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