Resource Directory
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University of Georgia Cotton Insect Control Guide 2020
The University of Georgia updates its cotton insect control recommendations annually. This 2020 commercial edition for cotton provides data for the types and amounts of insecticide for each different insect, and rates the efficacy for different insecticide/pest combinations.
University of Arkansas Cotton Insect Control Guide 2021
This document contains insecticide performance ratings as well as control recommendations for Arkansas cotton pests.
South Carolina Insect Managment Guide 2020
The Pest Management Handbook is a set of recommendations developed by Clemson University Extension pest management specialists and university researchers for South Carolina growers. It covers a variety of crops, including cotton.
NC State University Insect Control Guide 2021
This is the insect control section of the North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual. In it, you’ll find information on cotton insecticide applications and cotton insect resistance. This manual also includes a section to help growers better assess the risk of pesticides to honey bees.
Louisiana State University Insect Control Guide 2020
The Louisiana State University Insect Control Guide is updated annually. This is the 2020 version for many crops, including cotton.
Alabama Cotton IPM Guide 2021
This publication from the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service provides insect, disease, nematode, and weed recommendations for 2021.
Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops in Mississippi 2021
This insect control guide starts with a breakdown of what integrated pest management means for cotton, discusses insecticide resistance management, and provides a growing season insecticide rotation strategy. It then goes pest by pest and provides a visual identification guide for pests.
Best Management Practices for Tarnished Plant Bug
This report details best management practices for controlling Tarnished Plant Bugs in the Midsouth cotton-growing region.
University of Arizona Field Crops IPM Shorts
The links on this page connect PCAs, growers and other interested parties with new trends, recommendations and developments in the field of crop management research.
UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
This guide outlines an overall integrated pest management program for cotton growers and includes a Year-Round IPM Program Annual Checklist.
University of Missouri Cotton Information
Guides for production, pest management and budgeting, as well as cotton variety trial data, are a few of the resources included on this site for growers and crop advisors managing cotton in Missouri.
University of Florida Cotton Page
The University of Florida Extension System provides production information and a collection of cotton-related links to learn about variety selection tools, production practices and budgets.