Author Archives: Phillip Roberts
Cotton and Soybean Threshold One-Pagers
Pest Patrol Cotton and Soybean Insect Updates
Cotton and soybean insect pest information is available via text alerts that direct users to an online recording. “Pest Patrol Alerts” or online recordings will be … Continue reading
Insect Updates on Twitter
When noteworthy observations are made in the field, I will send out concise descriptions and pictures via Twitter. If you want to follow these quick … Continue reading
Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean Scout Schools
Insect scouting schools will be conducted on June 11, 2018 in Tifton and June 19, 2018 in Midville. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, … Continue reading
What’s Your Risk for Thrips?
Thrips are consistent pests of cotton each year and nearly 100 percent of the acres planted will be infested. For this reason preventive insecticides are … Continue reading
A New Tool For Improving Thrips Management in Cotton
Thrips are the most consistent insect pest of cotton in Georgia and the Southeast. Near 100 percent of the cotton planted will be infested by … Continue reading
Silverleaf Whitefly Management Presentation
SLWF Natural Mortality – Fungal?
In the last 10-14 days several of you have called about dead adult silverleaf whitefly adults in cotton. Many of these observations have been in … Continue reading