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duct research on pest management systems. The use of the frego cotton sup- 

 pressed the boll weevil population 69% and 79%, respectively, with and without 

 a diapause program. In addition, the beginning of weekly applications of 

 insecticides for boll weevils was delayed 4 weeks longer in the frego fields 

 than in nonfrego fields. We were able to go through the period of peak 

 activity of the bollworm complex ( Heliothis spp.) before we needed boll weevil 

 insecticides in the frego. However, in the non-frego fields we:were applying 

 boll weevil insecticides in the frego. However, in the non-frego fields we 

 we were applying boll weevil insecticides before and during this time. 

 Thus, frego can be used in research on pest management systems while it con- 

 tinues to be tested for use as a resistance character for commercial varieties. 



441. Jernigan, J. E. 1976. Extension and information roles in boll weevil 

 elimination. Iia Boll Weevil Suppression, Management, and Elimination 

 Technology i Proceedings of a Conference, February 13-15, 1974, Memphis, 

 Tennessee. U.S. Agric. Res. Serv. [Rep.] ARS-S-71, pp. 161-162. 

 Experience gained in the Pilot Boll Weevil Eradication Experiment showed that 

 cooperation among the many agencies needed in carrying out this project is 

 possible and obtainable. Monthly meeting of personnel from each agency proved 

 to be an invaluable source of communication while the project was in operation. 

 Such a plan would, no doubt, serve the best interest of any future elimination 

 project. Extension administrators in the States involved recognize the role 

 Extension must play in such a project, and they have indicated a genuine interest 

 in cooperating to the extent that resources are available in the first phase of 

 the program in 1974. To begin the program, a committee of Extension and industry 

 leaders in each State will review the proposal, decide what is needed in their 

 local area, and set the plan in action during the spring of 1974. If funds are 

 made available for the elimination project, Extension would then assume respon- 

 sibility for conducting its educational role in the second phase of the program 



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