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cotton producing area encompassing the Texas Blacklands. It continued in opera- 

 tion for 34 years and was closed June 30, 1973. In this brief history of the Waco 

 Cotton Insects Laboratory, the author hoped to point out the impact of its re- 

 search on the control of cotton insects. Although much of the research mentioned 

 vas, also, conducted at other AR^ Cotton Insect and State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station Laboratories, the Waco Laboratory either had a first in many new innova- 

 tions or exerted leadership in their development. Certainly, its research contri- 

 buted greatly to the grower's arsenal in his fight with cotton insects. 



725. . 1976. The Pilot Boll Weevil Eradication Experiment. In Proceed, of 

 the Eighth Annual NE Forest-Insect Work Conference. Techniques for Research 

 Development and Application, U.S. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. 27, pp. 3-6. 

 North Haven, Conn. 



The Pilot Boll Weevil Eradication Experiment was conducted cooperatively with 

 16 federal, state, and cotton-industry agencies from July, 1971 to August, 1973. 

 Population suppression components were late-season insecticide treatments, 

 cultural practices, pheromone traps, insecticide treatment when plants began 

 to square, in-season insecticide treatments, and release of sexually- sterile 

 male boll weevils. After studying the data on completion of the Experiment, 

 the Technical Guidance Committee concluded "that it is technically and 

 operationally feasible to eliminate the boll weevil as an economic pest in 

 the United States by use of ecologically acceptable techniques." 



726. . 1978. One hundred twenty years of research on cotton insects in 

 the United States. U.S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Handb. 515, 75 pp. 



This handbook consists of a brief discussion of progress made in research on the 

 various cotton insects. The first section covers the period 1854 to 1940 and 

 lists cotton insects and research achievements about each of them. The last 

 section lists areas of research about all insects attacking cotton froai 1941 



