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NATIONAL COTTON STATES ARTHROPOD PEST MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP

Resistance Risks to Lepidopteran Pests of Bt

Response to the EPA Draft Proposal to Address Resistance Risks to Lepidopteran Pests of Bt Following the July 2018 FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Recommendation Memorandum from the members of the National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working group and signatories from the multistate research project NC246: Ecology and Management of Arthropods in Corn

Support for the deregulation of Thyrvon cotton

A letter submitted to an APHIS Federal Register notice supporting the deregulation of Thyrvon cotton on behalf of the National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group

Bt Resistance in Lepidopteran Pests

The National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group responds to a request for comment from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Scientific Advisory Council on Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0617, "Resistance in Lepidopteran Pests to Bt PIPs in the United States."

Acephate Risk Assessment

The National Cotton States Arthropod Pest Management Working Group responds to a request for comment from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0915 "Pesticide Registration Review, Acephate Risk Assessment, Case Number 0042."

Find resources related to management of arthropod pests of cotton, corn, soybean, grain sorghum, and wheat.

NCSAPMWG is a collaboration of entomologists from land-grant universities specializing in management of arthropod pests of cotton, corn, soybean, grain sorghum, and wheat within the Cotton Belt of the United States.

To critically review existing recommendations for management of arthropod pests in southern crops.

Our team consists of entomologists and university researchers from every state within the U.S. Cotton Belt, as well as representatives from industry.