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UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

 

About the Cotton Guidelines

[UC Peer Reviewed] UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines Cotton
UC ANR Publication 3444        Download PDF (PDF)

To be used with UC ANR Publication 3305, Integrated Pest Management for Cotton, 2nd Edition 

Authored by University of California faculty, specialists, and farm advisors, produced and edited by UC Statewide IPM Program, University of California, Davis. Guidelines Coordinator T. Martin. Production C. Laning, M. J. O'Neill, F. Rosa.

Year-Round IPM Program and Corresponding General Information sections:
P. B. Goodell (Crop Team Leader), UC IPM Program and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
L. D. Godfrey, Entomology, UC Davis
R. B. Hutmacher, Plant Sciences, UC Davis and West Side Research and Extension Center, Five Points
S. D. Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County
Diseases
R. M. Davis, Plant Pathology, UC Davis
Insects and Mites, and General Information
L. D. Godfrey, Entomology, UC Davis
P. B. Goodell, UC IPM Program and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
E. T. Natwick, UC Cooperative Extension - Desert Research and Extension Center, Imperial County
D.R. Haviland, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County and UC IPM Program
Acknowledgement for contributions to Insects and Mites
E. E. Grafton-Cardwell, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
N. C. Toscano, Entomology, UC Riverside
Weeds
S. D. Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County
D. J. Munier, UC Cooperative Extension, Glenn County
Acknowledgement for contributions to Weeds
R. N. Vargas, emeritus, UC Cooperative Extension, Madera County
T. S. Prather, Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Nematodes
P. A. Roberts, Nematology, UC Riverside
P. B. Goodell, UC IPM Program and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
D. J. Munier, UC Cooperative Extension, Glenn County
Harvest Aid Chemicals
S. D. Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County
R. B. Hutmacher, Plant Sciences, UC Davis and West Side Research and Extension Center, Five Points
Acknowledgement for contributions to Harvest Aid Chemicals
R. N. Vargas (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension, Madera County

These guidelines represent the best information currently available to the authors and are intended to help you in making the best choices for an IPM program. Not all formulations or registered materials are mentioned. Always check the label and with local authorities for the most up-to-date information regarding registration and restrictions on pesticide use. Check with your agricultural commissioner for latest restricted entry intervals.

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