U.S. flagAn official website of the United States government
                    Here's how you know **Official websites use .gov**
                            
                            A **.gov** website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
 **Secure .gov websites use HTTPS**
                            
                            A **lock** (                            
                              A locked padlock                                                      
                            
                            ) or **https://** means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.


Menu Agricultural Research Service
						
                    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 Southern Insect Management Research: Stoneville, MS
 close



    Research

                    Research Projects
                                    Publications
                                    Collaborations
                                    News
                People

                    Staff Listing
                                    CareersSearch small
                    Search
            
            ARS Home
                                About ARS
                                Contact Us




ARS Home Southeast Area Stoneville, Mississippi Southern Insect Management Research Research Publications at this Location





- ARS National Programs
- Search for a scientific manuscript
- Search for a research project
- ARS Software
- Programs and Projects
- Collaborations
- Subjects of Investigation
- Publications

Title:   Author  item
                                            Allen, Clintitem
                                            Jackson, Ryanitem
                                            Luttrell, Randall
  Submitted to: National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 1/31/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 5/1/2012
                                    Citation: Allen, K.C., Jackson, R.E., Luttrell, R.G. 2012. Economic returns of Bt and Non-Bt cotton under different insect management strategies. National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference. p. 1127. In Proc. Beltwide Cotton Conf., National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: With the introduction of transgenic cotton expressing genes from the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), in 1996, there was great interest in comparing this new transgenic cotton versus non-Bt cotton in both sprayed and unsprayed environments.  In papers presented in the Beltwide Cotton Conference Proceedings a few years after the deployment of Bollgard® cotton, differences between fruit damage, yields and net returns were dependent on the insecticide management program used and the geographic location of the studies.  Since these earlier comparisons, cottons expressing two insecticidal genes for caterpillar control have entered the market, including Bollgard II® and Widestrike®.  During the 2011 growing season, five locations were established in areas of the Mississippi Delta to examine the returns of using two different insecticides on transgenic cotton varieties possessing two genes for caterpillar control and non-Bt cotton.  At the locations that received insecticide treatments, returns for non-Bt cotton were greater when populations of bollworms were treated with chlorantraniliprole over lambda-cyhalothrin and lamba-cyhalothrin over untreated plots.  The returns above bollworm control were similar for Bollgard II® or Widestrike® plots treated with either chlorantraniliprole or lambda-cyhalothrin and both had greater returns than untreated plots.


Return to top


Connect with ARS Sign up


ARS Home
                            USDA.gov
                            Plain Writing
                            Policies & Links
                            Civil Rights Statements
                            FOIA
                            Accessibility Statement
                            Privacy Policy
                            Non-Discrimination Statement
                            Quality of Information
                            USA.gov
                            WhiteHouse.gov