Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 3/4/19


As resistance requires North Carolina cotton farmers to bring in more insecticides to control thrips, the question remains “should I spray, or should I use an in-furrow treatment?” North Carolina State University Extension Entomologist Dr. Dominic Reisig says it depends. The challenge is that research conducted by Reisig and other North Carolina State entomologists shows that the net return of using an additional insecticide in addition to a seed treatment turned out to be both negative and positive.

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