Undergoes 3-4 generations annually in the Carolinas, with the first two developing primarily in field corn and the third on cotton, soybean, peanut and other crops. Also called soybean podworm and tomato fruitworm, depending upon host. The three modified leaves subtending the cotton fruit. The immature damaging stage of a butterfly or moth. These leaves initially contained in the seed and provide food for seed germination.
Cotton blooming out the top is considered cut-out.
The feeding of nutrients, such as nitrogen-containing fertilizer, to the cotton plant via a liquid applied to the foliage. Cotton fruit is susceptible to a wide range of insect pests. Any main stem, vegetative branch or fruiting branch location on which fruit is either present or aborted. A material which kills mites. In practice this misnomer most often applies to matchhead squares.