1952 
istff mires* an li probb 
- 
-. - . - cultural 
- 
rheses 
s to s stalks 
5 soon as picking is 
Where winl 
- should be ler st _ *o be 
ssdble in 1 
survived the 
n free cocoons in the soil at Eagle Pass, Tex., s milar 
gions of west Texas. 1 
d three coi - in hibe: Big 
Spring, B , in the south plains - 
s in tin soil in tin 
Texas .V here the wi 
F serrations s : boll worm will I 
thro _ t the year in the L mde Valley if fruiting 
le. 
:he new. impr* 1 stalk s or s -*alks 
-mall pieces, followed by a flat-broken pi _ b has been found 
thorough ge of crop debris wer pink 
bolTwon Early uniform planting, early control of th 
and fleahoppers. and clo- _ imulate earlier crop maturity 
sect damage. Further, where the stalks were cut during 
ther in the south 1 x s and the bolls 
on" the - . more than :.t of the pink bollworms 
sposure of i s at a maximum soil 
surface temperature ranging fror.. '.- I 
_ fasti _. quick-maturing va: - f cotton, re- 
search workers been abl< some oi the dam _ :.i the 
nal bu fpinkbollwoi restation. 
mical defoliation of the cotton plant has be an * 
- f reduci _ s sonal buildup of in: 
overwintering worn- the amount - _ De- 
s us ally picked more clo-ely. which - 
to a ! ver. 
v the n chemical : the 
llwornL t EPN - _ 
- 
these pests - 1 'HI 
. ::eldrin. or with neu- 
- - 
I I. _ VJ — 
_ : I'T. [tisrepori -. : insecticides 
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