Title: UA Scientists Watching Boll Weevil Damage In Northern Sonora Fields
Abstract: For the past two years the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis Boheman) has caused serious economic damage to cotton in an area in Mexico, the northern limits of which extend within 30 to 35 miles of Nogales, Arizona. A survey made on October 1, 1962, showed that every cotton field between the towns of Nogales and Caborca, Mexico, was infested with the boll weevil. The infestation nearest to Arizona was about 30 miles. Losses in these fields were estimated to be as great as one to one and one fourth bales of cotton per acre. The weevils causing this damage in northern Sonora cannot yet be distin-
Publication Year: 1963
Publication Date: 1963-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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