Impact of Twospotted Spider Mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) Infestation Timing on Cotton Yields

J. Gore and D.R. Cook, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, 82 Stoneville Rd., Stoneville, MS 38776; A.L. Catchot and F.R. Musser, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, 100 Hwy 12, Mississippi State, MS 39762; S.D. Stewart, West Tennessee Research and Education Center, The University of Tennessee, 605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, TN 38301; B.R. Leonard, LSU AgCenter, 104 J. N. Efferson Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; G. Lorenz, University of Arkansas Extension Service, 2001 Hwy 70 E, Lonoke, AR 72086; G. Studebaker , Northeast Research and Extension Center, University of Arkansas, 1241 W County Rd. 780, Keiser, AR 72351; D.S. Akin, Southeast Research and Extension Center (Formerly), University of Arkansas, 1408 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 71656; K.V. Tindall, Delta Research Center (Formerly), University of Missouri, P.O. Box 160, Portageville, MO 63873; R.E. Jackson, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, USDAARS, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS 38776 *Corresponding author: [email protected] AbSTRACT