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Student 10-Minute Paper

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

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Grad Competition P-IE: IPM - Field Crops 1

Impacts of simulated three cornered alfalfa hopper damage on cotton yield

Monday, November 6, 2023
8:36 AM - 8:48 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Potomac C
In-Person Student Competition

    Presenting Author(s)

  • RB

    Reece Butler

    Mississippi State University
    Starkville, Mississippi

    • Co-Author(s)

  • WC

    Whitney Crow

    Mississippi State University
    Cleveland, Mississippi

  • DC

    Donald Cook

    Entomologist
    Mississippi State University
    Stoneville, Mississippi

  • AC

    Angus Catchot

    Mississippi State University
    Starkville, Mississippi

The three cornered alfalfa hopper (Spissistilus festinus) is a upcoming pest in seedling cotton and is causing damage with unknown yield loss significance. Three cornered alfalfa hoppers are a twig girdling pest that will girdle the stem of the cotton plant in the 2 and 4 leaf stages of the plant's life. With this test yield is going to be evaluated by simulating plant loss from three cornered alfalfa hopper at different percentages of plant loss.