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Scouts play a vital role in field pest management. They are responsible for mainting logs and records of insect populations, crop damage, plant height and more. Sites listed in this category provide resources, help and information for both Cotton Scouts and the Growers that utilize their services.

Resources in This Category

• A Scout's Guide to Basic Cotton Terminology

  http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/glossary/glossary.html
  Glossary of technical terms used when discussing cotton and its pests.

• APHIS: Boll Weevil Eradication

  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/plant_health/content/printable_version/faq_boll_weevil_07.pdf
  Provides information about U.S. boll weevil eradication programs in question and answer format.

• Bacterial Blight of Cotton

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Cotton/cdin3/cdin3.htm
  Sometimes called angular leaf spot, this destructive disease is caused by Xanthomonas campestris. Information on the symptoms, disease impact and management.

• Biological Control of Cotton Wilts

  http://www.bspp.org.uk/icpp98/5.2/2.html
  Article describing research in China into the successful use of micro-organisms to control the soil-borne diseases caused by Fusarium and Verticillium wilts.

• Cotton Nematode Management

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/NG015
  Information on the species that attack cotton and their diagnosis and management, including nematicides recommended for this crop.

• Cotton Pest Management Guidelines

  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.cotton.html
  Provides an integrated pest management program from planting through to harvesting with information on the control of many diseases, insects, mites, nematodes and weeds.

• Cotton Seedling Diseases

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Cotton/cdin1/cdin1.htm
  Several species of fungi can cause damage to seedlings. This article provides photographs and information on environmental factors and seedling disease management.

• Cotton Stem Canker

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Cotton/cdin2/cdin2.htm
  Information on this disease, also known as wet weather blight or ascochyta blight, caused by Phoma exigua, its symptoms, environment factors, impact and management.

• Diseases of Cotton

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/Cotton.aspx
  Provides the common names of the bacterial, fungal, nematode, viral and other diseases that affect the crop.

• Fusarium Wilt of Cotton

  http://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=9424
  Several photographs of Fusarium oxysporum affecting cotton plants.

• Fusarium Wilt: Fusarium oxysporum sp. vasinfectum

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=9424
  Photograph of lesions on the stems of cotton plants.

• Government : EPA Safety Standards

  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/workers/PART170.htm#170.102
  Rights and responsibilities when working in pesticide environment

• Insect Management in Cotton

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG059
  Describes thresholds above which treatment of the crop is advised, and the available pesticides and their restrictions.

• List of Cotton Diseases

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cotton_diseases
  Catalog of diseases that affect this crop from Wikipedia, including bacterial, fungal, parasitic nematodes and viral diseases.

• Services: Evergreen FS Crop Scouting

  http://www.evergreen-fs.com/
  Crop Scouting and Consulting services

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