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areas, and early harvest and stalk destruction where a long growing season 

 permits; and 2) in-season suppression or control utilizing uniform planting 

 dates, fast-fruiting determinate varieties, regular and careful scouting 

 with application of insecticides as-needed on a very conservative basis with 

 prompt termination once the material has served its purpose, and capitalizing 

 on hot, dry weather as a natrual control. Future management strategies would • 

 include resistant varieties; development and belt-wide use of adapted, high- 

 yielding, fast-fruiting, determinate varieties; biological control; more effec- 

 tive use of the pheromone grandlure, and discovery and development of effective 

 insecticides from different chemical groups. Hopefully, such new insecticides 

 would be selective for boll weevil and have minimum impact on biological 

 control agents of boll weevil and other pests, if such become established in 

 effective numbers. Many of these strategies would be more effective if ap- 

 plied to a large area rather than to individual fields. The cotton plant can 

 tolerate heavy square loss from boll weevil. More detailed, quantitative in- 

 formation on square loss is needed in relation to performance of the cotton 

 plant under specific conditions. Agronomic practices such as over-fertiliza- 

 tion, over-irrigation, or misuse of herbicides can negate the benefits from 

 fast-fruiting cottons. Improved harvest-aid chemicals and proper timing of 

 their use would help reduce diapausing weevil, populations. Management of the 

 cotton crop is of prime importance in management of boll weevil. Development 

 of computer models, both long-range and short-range, offers great promise in 

 managing both the cotton crop and the boll weevil. A team approach among 

 all disciplines concerned with cotton production and marketing is needed 

 if rapid progress is to be made on boll weevil management and its implemen- 

 tation. 



