CONTENTS 



Tage 



Page 



Control - Chemical 1 



Control - Cultural 82 



Control - Biological 97 



Use of Resistant Plants 107 



Control - Equipment 112 



Control in Gin Mills 115 



Control - Diluents 116 



Control - Fumigation 116 



Control - General 117 



Biology and Life History 122 



Ecological Studies 134 



Effect of Weather 136 



Hibernation 139 



Diapause 148 



Physiology and Morphology 149 



Resistance to Insecticides 150 



Nutrition 155 



Alternate Host Plants 156 



Attractants and Repellants 159 



Testing Methods and Techniques 160 



Plant Diseases 162 



History of the Boll Weevil 162 



Surveys 173 



Losses Caused by the Boll Weevil 173 



Quarantine 177 



Miscellaneous 182 



Author Index 191 



Some abbreviations used: 



B. - bulletin; C. - circular; Col. - college; 



J. - journal; n.s. - new series; pt. - part; 



pub. - publication; Q - quarterly; Ser. - series; 

 Serv. - services; U. - university; U. S. D. A. - 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture; v. - volume. 



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