Boll Weevil Movement from Hibernation Sites to Fruiting Cotton

Abstract

Parcncia et al. (1963), in tests conducted near Waco, Texas, attempted to determine whether overwintered boll weevils, Anthonomns grandis Boheman, emerging from hibernation sites could find groups of plants more easily than single plants and whether weevils could be collected on greenhouse-grown fruiting plants before field-grown plants became available. In similar tests conducted from 1960–63 at Tallulah, La., greenhouse-grown fruiting (squaring) plants were used to study boll weevil movement from hibernation sites. Plants were inspected each day through the end of June for the presence of weevils. Results are reported herein.