Table of Contents

Part I: The Cotton Plant 1: Cotton and its Production J Munro Part II: Insects and Mites 2: Insect and Mite Pests: General Introduction G A Matthews 3: Heliothis/Helicoverpa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) A B S King 4: Pectinophora (Lepidoptera: Galechiidae) W R Ingram 5: Earias Spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) W Reed 6: Diparopsis Spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) J P Tunstall 7: Cryptophlebia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) R Couilloud 8: Other Lepidoptera G A Matthews 9: Anthonomus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) J W Smith and F A Harris 10: Other Coleoptera S W Broodryk and G A Matthews 11: Dysdercus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and other Heteroptera S W Broodryk and G A Matthews 12: Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) F Leclant and J P Deguine 13: Bemisia and Trialeurodes (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) G D Butler and T J Henneberry 14: Jassids (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) G A Matthews 15: Paurocephala gossypii Russell (Homoptera: Psyllidae) G K C Nyirenda 16: Lygus (Hemiptera: Miridae) and other Hemiptera T Leigh and G A Matthews 17: Thysanoptera J P Bournier 18: Orthoptera G A Matthews 19: Isoptera J K M Logan 20: Acari - leaf feeding mites J Gutierrez Part III: Pest Management 21: The Effects of Insect Attack on the Yield of Cotton G A Matthews 22: Breeding for Insect Resistance J R Gannaway 23: Cultural Control G A Matthews 24: Biological Control D J Greathead 25: Use of Baculoviruses for Cotton Pest Control K A Jones 26: Phermones for the Control of Cotton Pests D G Campion 27: Chemical control G A Matthews 28: Pest Management Systems J D Mumford and G A Norton

About the Author

Graham Matthews was a research entomologist in Africa from 1958 -1967 working on cotton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nysasland. He joined Imperial College in 1967 but was seconded to Malawi from 1968-72. He has since been involved with cotton during visits to many countries in Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, Cote D'Ivoire, and to India Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Australia. His research has been primarily on pesticide application technology, extending from agriculture to vector control. Graham Matthews was a research entomologist in Africa from 1958 -1967 working on cotton in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nysasland. He joined Imperial College in 1967 but was seconded to Malawi from 1968-72. He has since been involved with cotton during visits to many countries in Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, Cote D'Ivoire, and to India Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, China and Australia. His research has been primarily on pesticide application technology, extending from agriculture to vector control.