Lygus in Cotton: An Integrated Management Plan for Arizona Cooperative Extension

Although research continues on all components ofan integrated management program for Lygus, cur-rent recommendations provide a fundamental base on which to build a program for managing Lygus while also managing for susceptibility to our current insecticides. Key to sustaining susceptibility of Lygus is limiting insecticide use to the lowest practical levels. This is best accomplished by careful sampling, careful assessment of thresholds, se-lection of the right compound for the job, and, most of all, avoidance of the problem from the start. Current recom-mendations are detailed below in light of the most recen