Age estimates of boll weevil adults collected in defoliated cotton
| Problem: | The potential for live boll weevils to be transported to the gin in cotton modules is unknown. |
| Objective: | Estimate the age of weevils that may be transported to the gin. Our hypothesis is that most of the adult weevils that end up in a module are newly emerged from unopened bolls on defoliated plants, and have not yet dispersed. |
| Approach: | Use gas chromatography to obtain cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of weevils collected in defoliated cotton just before harvest to estimate the age of these weevils |
Tom Sappington