Spider mite-resistant cotton

Leigh, T; Hyer, A

Spider mite-resistant cotton

Authors

Thomas F. Leigh
Angus Hyer

Authors Affiliations

Thomas F. Leigh is Assistant Entomologist, Department of Entomology and Parasitology, U. C. Davis; Angus Hyer is Research Agronomist, Crops Research Division, U.S.D.A., Shafter.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 17(2):6-7. DOI:10.3733/ca.v017n02p6. February 1963.

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Abstract

Greater resistance to spider mites is the goal of a breeding program underway with Acala cotton at the U. S. Cotton Research Station, Shaffer. Differences in susceptibility to spider mites, previously observed between genetic cotton types, are being utilized in present efforts to develop a mite-resistant cotton. Spider mite infestations have increased steadily since 1945 and this group of pests (Tetranychus spp.) now ranks as a major problem for cotton growers in California.

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