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Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAYS OF OPEN COTTON BOLL EXPOSURE TO WHITEFLY POPULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF STICKY COTTON

Author
item Henneberry, Thomas
item Jech, Lynn
item Hendrix, Donald
item Steele, Terry

Submitted to: National Cotton Council Beltwide Cotton Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Trehalulose and melezitose produced by Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring and thermodetector counts in cotton lint increased with increasing numbers of days of exposure of open cotton bolls in infested cotton plots. Thermodetector counts were significantly correlated to amounts of trehalulose and melezitose. Rainfall of 0.5 inch reduced trehalulose and melezitose in cotton lint within 5 h following the rain. The results suggest dissolution of the sugars by runoff as opposed to microbial degradation.