Cotton boll weevils, which originated in Mexico, were first identified in Beeville, Tex., in 1894. By 1915, they had spread across the Cotton Belt and wreaked havoc on the crop, leaving families ...

Cotton bolls are the round, fluffy fruit that contain cotton seeds and fibers. The Cotton Bowl Classic Game is a play on the name of the plant.

GIVAT HEN, Israel, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TMG – Tropical Melhoramento e Genetica, a Brazilian company dedicated to genetics and plant breeding of soy, cotton and corn, and PlantAr… ...

"It would seem to me that actually the boll weevil is not really the true threat to the cotton crop in Kansas, but drift by 2,4-D or other herbicides, which the cotton plant is fairly vulnerable ...

Kansas State University researchers are studying how best to grow cotton in the state. The Kansas Department of Agriculture reported that a record high of 184,000 acres of cotton were harvested ...

Cotton is a multimillion dollar crop in Louisiana, and many families base their livelihood on it. Louisiana has worked hard to eliminate the boll weevil, and the state carefully monitors (with ...

Today it’s different. Mechanical cotton harvesters, introduced in the early 1940s, can now pick more than 63,000 plants in 10 minutes. Herbicides kill the weeds, but not the cotton.

Cotton boll worms larvae damage bolls and squares. Squares injured by cotton bollworm usually have a round hole near the base. Spotted bollworm generally attack six-week-old crop.