Little details are important when it comes to cotton production, and Clemson Extension will teach those details to crop scouts in June. Bt cotton produces a toxin which helps protect the plant against the bollworm-budworm complex.
Timing is everything in pest management.
One, well chosen insecticide application for bollworm or stink bugs can more than pay the expense of a scouting service. Scouts will be taught the little details on June 8 at Orangeburg-Calhoun TEC and on June 9 at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center auditorium. Registration begins at 8 a.m. each day. Credits for pesticide applicator certification and Certified Crop Adviser will be offered. The program concludes with a summary and field training.