Top Boll Weevil Research Priorities
(ranked by participants at the 2002 Boll Weevil Research Progress Review, College Station, TX, 16 October 2002)
| Rank |
Research Area |
| 1 |
Chemical and mechanical termination of late-season cotton. |
| 2 |
Molecular fingerprinting of boll weevils. |
| 3 |
Improve monitoring and detection efficiency |
| 4 |
Monitoring for Malathion resistance |
| 5 |
Formulations, application parameters, and rain-fastness of Malathion |
| 6 |
Boll weevil movement and activity relative to meteorological events. |
| 7 |
Cotton harvesting, storage, and ginning |
| 8 |
Factors controlling diapause. |
| 9 |
Impact of pheromone dosage and other operational parameters on trap captures |
| 10 |
Remote sensing technology to locate unmapped cotton. |
| 11 |
Cultural controls. |