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Cotton Scouting Handbook

C. Dale Monks, Wheeler Foshee, Barry Freeman, Michael Patterson and, Ronald Smith (August, 2012)

Summary

This fact sheet serves as a handbook and describes the Alabama Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program, an intensified educational program conducted by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. The prominent practices that make up insect management on cotton are scouting, the use of cultural practices, the use of economic thresholds, and the proper use of insecticides and beneficial insects.