Cotton requires a warm, dry climate and is grown worldwide in more than 80 countries. Of the whole cotton harvest, 80% is ‘upland cotton’ (Gossypium hirsutum) and 15% ‘ sea island cotton’ (G. barbadense). The two other species, ‘levant cotton’ (G. herbaceum) and ‘Indian cotton’ (G. arboreum) account for the remaining 5%.
Cotton
Pests associated with Cotton
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Stink Bug
Euschistus heros
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Beet armyworm
Spodoptera exigua
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Melon & Cotton Aphid
Aphis gossypii
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Fall armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
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Cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera
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Corn earworm
Helicoverpa zea
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Twospotted Spider Mite
Tetranychus urticae
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Tobacco Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
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Onion Thrips
Thrips tabaci
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Western flower thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis
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Green peach aphid
Myzus persicae
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Tobacco budworm
Heliothis virescens
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European Red Mite
Panonychus ulmi
Other pests associated with Cotton
- Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis)
- Western Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus hesperus)
- Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gosspiella)
- Cotton leafworm (Cotton leafworm)
- Cotton Leafworm (Alabama argillacea)
- Egyptian stem borer (Earias insulana)
- Green leafhopper (Empoasca decipiens)
- (Meloidogyne incognita)
- (Pectinophora gossypiella)
- (Polyphagotarsonemus latus)