{"id":3242,"date":"2021-04-16T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T14:56:21","slug":"managing-thrips-in-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/2021\/04\/managing-thrips-in-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Thrips in Cotton\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thrips infest nearly all cotton acres in Georgia every year.&nbsp; This is the only insect pest that a preventive insecticide treatment is recommended.&nbsp; Agronomic and management practices can influence the risk and severity of infestations.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s discuss a few tips on managing thrips in cotton\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Use a preventive insecticide at planting. Thrips infest near 100 percent of the cotton planted in Georiga.\u00a0 We consistently observe positive yield responses in UGA research when an at plant insecticide is used.\u00a0 It is not feasible to control thrips with foliar sprays alone.<\/li><li>Thrip populations are generally higher on early planted cotton compared with later planted cotton.\u00a0 The <strong>T<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/products.climate.ncsu.edu\/ag\/cottontip\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/products.climate.ncsu.edu\/ag\/cottontip\/\"><strong>hrips Infestation Predictor for Cotton <\/strong>i<\/a>s a web-based tool with predicts the risk from thrips by location and planting date.\u00a0 Below are results from this model for a April 15th planting date in Moultrie, GA.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3246\" width=\"998\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2021\/04\/thrips.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Thrip pressure is lower in reduced tillage production systems compared to conventional tillage.\u00a0 In general, the more cover or residue on the soil surface the greater the reduction in thrips.<\/li><li>Cotton seedlings are more sensitive to yield loss from thrips feeding during the early stages of development.\u00a0 Excessive thrip feeding and plant injury on 1-2 leaf cotton have a greater yield penalty than cotton infested at the 3-4 leaf stage.\u00a0 Once cotton reaches the 4 leaf stage and is growing rapidly, thrips are rarely an economic pest.\u00a0<\/li><li>Scout for thrips if cotton is growing slowly due to herbicide injury, cool temperatures, or other stresses. Thrips feed in the terminal bud on unfurled leaves so more feeding occurs on each unfurled leaf if the plant is growing slowly.\u00a0 The threshold for thrips is 2-3 thrips per plant with immatures are present.\u00a0 The presence of immature thrips suggests at plant insecticides are not providing control.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your local county Extension agent for at plant and post emerge insecticide recommendations for managing thrips in cotton.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thrips infest nearly all cotton acres in Georgia every year.&nbsp; This is the only insect pest that a preventive insecticide treatment is recommended.&nbsp; Agronomic and management practices can influence the risk and severity of infestations.&nbsp; Let&#8217;s discuss a few tips on managing thrips in cotton\u2026 Use a preventive insecticide at planting. Thrips infest near 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cotton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3248,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions\/3248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}