BOLL WEEVIL 



Anthonomus grandis Boh. 



Abstracts of Research Publications 1961-65 



Compiled by Luceille Liston Mitlin, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University, State College, 

 Miss., and Norman Mitlin, Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service 



INTRODUCTION 



Miscellaneous Publication 985 gave ab- 

 stracts of research publications from 1845 

 through I960. 1 Our compilation is a continua- 

 tion of that work; it covers literature pub- 

 lished in the years 1961 through 1965. This 

 publication has been prepared to serve as a 

 guide to original publications for interested re- 

 searchers. 



The following sources were consulted: Bio- 

 logical and Agricultural Index (formerly 

 Agricultural Index), Biological Abstracts, Bio- 

 Research Titles (now BioResearch Index), 

 Pesticides Documentation Bulletin, Review of 

 Applied Entomology, Series A and B, U.S. 

 Bibliography of Agriculture, professional pub- 

 lications, journals, and reports. 



For accuracy the language of the author has 

 been preserved wherever possible. Author and 

 subject indexes are included. 



We wish to express our appreciation for 

 their interest and advice to T. B. Davich and 

 his staff 2 and to J. R. Brazzel. 3 We are grateful 

 also to Hernan Oropeza P. 4 and to F. Fernandez 

 Yepez 5 for compiling the lists of publications 

 that have been combined and are given in the 

 appendix. 



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 ment of Agriculture and by other libraries. 

 Loan of periodicals is restricted to the Washing- 

 ton, D.C., area. Please request loans through 



1 See reference 54, p. 9. 



2 Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, U. S. Agricultural 

 Research Service, Entomology Research Division, State 

 College, Miss. 



3 Mississippi State University, Entomology Depart- 

 ment, State College, Miss. 



4 Republica de Venezuela, Ministerio de Agricultura y 

 Cria, Direccion de Investigacion, Centro de Investiga- 

 ciones Agronomicas, Seccion de Entomologia, Maracay, 

 Venezuela. 



5 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Agro- 

 nomia, Institute de Zoologia Agricola, Maracay, Vene- 

 zuela. 



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BIBLIOGRAPHY 



1. Adkisson, P. L., and others. Evaluation 

 of the 1964 diapause boll weevil control pro- 

 gram on the High Plains of Texas. Tex. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Dept. Tech. Rpt. 1, 29 pp. 1964. 



J. W. Davis, W. L. Owen, and D. R. Rummel, 

 joint authors. 



A diapause boll weevil control program was 

 initiated in September 1964 to eliminate in- 

 festations on the High Plains, to reduce infesta- 

 tions in the Rolling Plains, and to minimize 

 further westward migration. 



Over 1,100,000 acres of cotton were sprayed 

 with technical malathion applied as an ultra- 

 low-volume spray. All the boll weevil infested 

 cotton acreage in the control zone was sprayed 

 at least four times. Some of the most severely 

 infested areas received a fifth and sixth applica- 

 tion. Drastic reductions in the boll weevil popu- 

 lations were obtained. 



2. Adkisson, P. L., Rummel, D. R., and 

 Sterling, W. L. Two-phased control program 

 for reducing diapause boll weevil populations 

 in the High Plains of Texas in 1965. Tex. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Dept. Tech. Rpt. 2, 7 pp. 1965. 



