Thrips a nagging problem in Virginia cotton in 2007

Thrips continue to be the main pest across much of the area we cover with our Midsouth and Southeast cotton reports. The latest word comes from Louisiana, which is having the highest populations seen in the 4 years Extension workers have been tracking aphid numbers. They've also seen a double peak, with the second peak higher than the first.

Here are 2 links, one to an Extension report by Ames Herbert and the other to a report by Johnny Parker, agronomist with Commonwealth Gin in Windsor, Virginia:

• Virginia: aphids hit double peak, with second bigger than first 5/31
  
  
• Virginia cotton hit with heavy thrips numbers 5/31

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