[DOC] [TLE] This cotton pest 1st reached the U.S. at Brownsville, TX around 1892 [PAR] Jeopardy Question: NATURE - This cotton pest 1st reached the U.S. at 
Brownsville, TX around 1892. [DOC] [TLE] (Sarah of the Clue Crew) On January 1, 1892 Annie Moore, a 15 ... [PAR] Jun 29, 2016 ... (Sarah of the Clue Crew) On January 1, 1892 Annie Moore, ... This cotton pest 1st 
reached the U.S. at Brownsville, TX around 1892 # Quiz #... [DOC] [TLE] Boll weevil - Wikipedia [PAR] The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and 
flowers. ... Adult weevils overwinter in well-drained areas in or near cotton fields 
after diapause. ... near Brownsville, Texas, to enter the United States from Mexico 
in 1892 and ... It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. [DOC] [TLE] The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892-1932 - UC Davis [PAR] Abstract: The boll weevil is America's most celebrated agricultural pest. ... boll 
weevil in 1892 as a major negative productivity shock in a poor, cotton-
dependent .... America, the weevil entered the United States in 1892 near 
Brownsville, Texas and ..... Calcium arsenate was costly and beyond the reach of 
many farmers. 19. [DOC] [TLE] TBWEF - About Us - Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation [PAR] It was first introduced into the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in about 
1892. By 1922, the pest had spread into cotton growing areas of the United 
States ... on catches in the traps before the cotton reached one-third grown-
square stage. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 1 - National Cotton Council of America [PAR] Ptior to 1892, when the boll weevil crossed the Rio Grande River near 
Brownsville,. Texas, insect damage to cotton was largely limited to lepidopterous 
pests, .... of calcium arsenate never reached its full potential because the 
cooperative ... The pink bollworm was first found in the United States in Texas in 
1917, but rigid. [DOC] [TLE] The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 18921932 [PAR] The final section investigates the pest's impacts on land values and population. ... 
the United States in 1892 near Brownsville, Texas and thereafter advanced 40 to 
160 .... In the 19021907 period, less than 45 percent of U.S. cotton was ginned 
..... In a given year, the distance of a county from Brownsville, Texas (the weevil's
... [DOC] [TLE] THE IMPACT OF THE BOLL WEEVIL, 1892-1940 (PDF Download ... [PAR] The boll weevil is America's most celebrated agricultural pest. Using a newly .... 
the crop, increasing the cost of production, and making cotton farming more 
attractive to growers .... Most accounts assert that it entered the United States in 
1892 near. Brownsville, Texas and thereafter advanced 40 to 160 miles a year. 
11. [DOC] [TLE] Cotton in Georgia - GeorgiaLandSales.com [PAR] Cotton was first grown in the American Colonies in 1607 at Jamestown and it 
would ... never reached the size or scope that it did by the outbreak of the Civil 
War. ... This pest is certainly the most important factor on cotton production due to 
its ... unheralded appearance in the United States in1892 near Brownsville, 
Texas. [DOC] [TLE] Cotton Production and the Boll Weevil in Georgia - Athenaeum@UGA [PAR] sustainable pest management program in Georgia cotton. ... 1733, when cotton 
was first planted in Trustee's Garden, until the present time. Part I also ..... 
appeared in the United States in 1892 near Brownsville, Texas (Parencia 1978). 
..... Another new development occurred in 1922 which would have far-reaching 
benefits. [DOC] [TLE] Fear No Weevil | CALS News, Fall 2011 - Cornell University [PAR] First appeared in the U.S. in Texas (near Brownsville) in 1892 and reaching 
Alabama in ... The cotton boll weevil is considered a key pest of cotton in the 
eastern... [DOC] [TLE] Fear No Weevil [PAR] First appeared in the U.S. in Texas. (near Brownsville) in 1892 and reaching 
Alabama in 1915. By the mid 1920s, it had entered all cotton-growing regions in 
the... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: This cotton pest 1st reached the U.S. at Brownsville, TX around 1892
Answer: boll weevil