Chapter 11. HT Reynolds, PL Adkisson, and Ray F Smith. 1975. Cotton insect pest management. Pages 379-443. In: RL Metcalf and WH Luckman. New York, John Wiley and Sons, 587 pages.

Keywords: annual yield losses to cotton from insects and spider mites, growth and development data for upland cotton in San Joaquin Valley of California, plant growth stages for cotton, cumulative number and time of development of fruiting parts of cotton, changes in importance of cotton insect pests in Nicaragua, host plant resistance, influence of agronomic practices on the cotton ecosystem, genetic sources of resistance in cotton, ecosystem diversity, intercropping alfalfa, key pests, boll weevil Anthonomis grandis, pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, cotton flea hopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus, Lygus herperus, occasional and potential pests, biocontrol using beneficial insects, beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua, Apanteles laeviceps, A. marginiventris, Chelonus texanus, Meteorus vulgaris, Campoletis argentifrons, Hyposoter exiguae, Melanichenumon rubicundus, Therion californicum, Trichgramma spp., Lespersia archippivora, Eucelatoria armigera, Trichoplusia ni, Apanteles glomeratus, A. marginiventris, Microplitis brassicae, Hyposoter exiguae, Copidosoma truncatellum, Trichogramma spp., Archytas californiae, Eucelatoria armigera, Voria ruralis, Winthemia quadripustulata, Sarcophaga spp., Heliothis zea, Apanteles marginiventris, A. militaris, Chelonus texanus, Campoletis argentifrons, Hyposoter annulipes, H. exiguae, Therion californicum, Spilochalcis igneoides, Trichogramma spp., Prospaltella spp., Eucelatoria armigera, Lespersia archippivora, Gonia capitata, Winthemia quadripustulata, Bucculaltrix thurberiella, Apanteles bucculatricis, Cirrospilus spp.,Closterocerus utahensis utahesis, Estigmene acrea, Therion spp.,Trichogramma spp.,Exorista larvarum, Spodoptera praefica, Apanteles marginiventris, Chelonus texanus, Meteorus vulgaris, Compoletis intermedius, Nepiera marginata, Hyposoter exiguae, Pterocormus difficilis, Therion californicum, Trachysphyrus tejonensis tejoensis, Archytas californiae, Eucelatoria armigera, Euphorocera claripennis, Aphiochaeta spp., evaluation, conservation and augmentation, mass liberation, microbial control, utilization, chemical control, use patterns, importance, history, aerial application, Heliothis damage to boll, impact, insecticide resistance, growth and fruiting, leaf area, population management and prediction, sampling, monitoring, use of traps, light traps, pheromone traps