Aphid surveys through an 8 county swing on Monday, June 19 did not reveal any medium to high numbers of aphids, so hopefully most farmers will escape having to make a decision to spray for aphids this year. We usually get the fungus disease sometime during the 2 nd week in July. Most of the BWE treatments are in full swing by now. There are some areas in NE Mississippi which continue to have weevils. Please report any in-field weevil activity to your BWE personnel and to your county agent.
Identification is essential before spray is initiated.
Pheremone trap captures reported below are the average of two traps per species for each of the reported counties. Traps are placed around cotton fields in each of the counties.