Cotton growers consider biological pest control.

From: Daily News Record | Date: December 19, 1985| Author: Ostroff, Jim | Copyright information

WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Cotton growers who deploy three types of voracious insects may be able to reduce losses from the pink bollworm by up to 25 per cent, an Agriculture Department researcher has reported.

"At least three insects--green lacewings, lady bird beetles, and collops beetles--might be reared and released to protect cotton crops early in the season against the bollworms," said Thomas J. Hennebery, an entomologist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service.

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