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Rice

Rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus):

1. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.     Rice Seed Treatments for Rice Water Weevil Control. Beaumont, TX pp.1-2.

2. Dupont Crop Protection     Seed Treatments, Granulars, and Water Surface Applications for Rice Water Weevil     Control. Beaumont, TX pp. 3-4

3. Valent U.S.A. Corporation     Seed Treatments for Rice Water Weevil Control. Beaumont, TX pp. 5-6.

4. Valent U.S.A. Corporation     V-10170 Formulations for Rice Water Weevil Control. Beaumont, TX  pp. 7-8.

5. Host Plant Resistance to Rice Water Weevil. Beaumont, TX  pp. 9-12.

6. Planting Date vs. Rice Water Weevil. Beaumont, TX pp. 13-17.

7. Interaction of Sheath Blight and Rice Water Weevil Activity. Beaumont, TX pp.18-20

8. Effect of Conventional Tillage and a Stale Seedbed on Rice Water Weevil Activity and Control. Eagle Lake, TX pp. 21-23.

9. Efficacy of Etofenprox for Rice Water Weevil Control in a Commercial Field.    Jefferson Co., TX pp. 23.

Rice stink bug (Oebalus pugnax):

10. FMC Corporation       Residual Activity of Mustang Max and Orthene 90S in Combination with Gibberellic       Acid for Rice Stink Bug Control. Beaumont, TX pp.24-25.

11. Valent U.S.A. Corporation      Residual Activity of V-10170, Venom and Orthene for Rice Stink Bug Control.      Beaumont, TX pp. 26-27.

12. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.      Residual activity of Centric and Karate Z for Rice Stink Bug Control. Beaumont, TX      pp. 28-29.

Note: Additional rice stink bug research conducted by Luis Espino can be found in his dissertation to be published in 2007.

Stalk borers:

13. Evaluation of Insecticides for Stem Borer Control. Ganado, TX pp. 30-32

14. Host Plant Resistance to Stem Borers. Ganado, TX pp. 33-36.

15. Effect of Planting Date on Stem Borer Activity in Rice. Eagle Lake, TX pp. 37-40.

16. Trapping for Mexican Rice Borer. Texas Rice Belt pp. 41.

Chinch bug (Blissus leucopterus leucopterus):

17. Dupont Crop Protection      Efficacy of Seed Treatments for Chinch Bug Control. Beaumont, TX pp. 42.

Soybeans

Stink bugs:

18. Red-banded Stink Bug and Flat Pod Syndrome. Beaumont, TX pp. 43-47.

19 . Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Control of Stink Bugs in a MGIV Soybean. Beaumont, TX pp. 48-50.

20. Makhteshim Agan of North America       Novaluron Research On Stink Bug Control In Soybean. Beaumont, TX pp. 51-55.

21. Hornbeck Seed Co., Inc.      Soybean Yield Trials. Beaumont, TX. pp. 56-60.

22. Cooperator: Jim Heitholt. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Dallas, TX       Preliminary MGVI Soybean Yield Trial. Beaumont, TX pp. 61-62.

Sugarcane

23. Sugarcane Research. Beaumont, TX pp. 63.

Tomatoes

24. Insecticide Screening Research on Tomatoes. Beaumont, TX  pp. 64-65.