So one of the major factors that affects overwintering TBW numbers is the total acreage of late season weed hosts that is available for the last generation of larvae to develop on. This information suggests that tobacco budworm numbers are likely to be higher than normal in 1999. Scouting results in older cotton are confirming this, at least in some areas. 9 th node cotton. This looks like the beginning of a difficult year for non-Bt cotton.
Soybean loopers defoliate both cotton and soybeans.
When bollworms attack soybeans they are referred to as podworms. Stink bugs have long been recognized as an important pest of soybeans and, because of boll weevil eradication and Bt-cotton, are becoming more important in cotton. These are probably the best answers to this question, but whiteflies, cutworms, three-cornered alfalfa hoppers, and all three species of armyworms also occur in both crops. The weather was warmed up and most cotton is growing out of thrips problems. Insecticide treatments for thrips and boll weevils have left fields with few beneficial insects.