In-furrow, at-plant options for controlling thrips in cotton in the southeastern USA

Tuesday, March 4, 2014: 10:30 AM
King's Mill (Embassy Suites Greenville Golf & Conference Center)
Jeremy K. Greene , School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Blackville, SC
Ames Herbert , Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Jack S. Bacheler , Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dominic Reisig , Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Plymouth, NC
Phillip M. Roberts , Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Michael Toews , Department of Entomology, The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Ronald Smith , Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Francis Reay-Jones , School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Florence, SC
Todd Spivey , Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Tim Reed , Tennessee Valley REC, Alabama CES, Madison, AL
With the loss of aldicarb (Temik) and the purported development of tolerance/resistance to some at-plant options for thrips in cotton, we explored the use of numerous at-plant, in-furrow options for the control of thrips in the crop.