COTTON PEST-MANAGEMENT IN CHINA - II - PE ST-CONTROL

Various aspects of the cotton pest control in China are dealt with in this paper, specially the historical and current status of chemical an d biological control practices, the use of pheromones and the problem with transgenic cotton. The importance of IPM for cotton in China are also discussed: IPM remains the most important possibility that China escapes from the Helicoverpa armigera crisis, bur it is very difficult to become implemented because of the complexity of the IPM-technology . A proposal for practical and not coo complicated IPM-technology base d on our several years of experience on the cotton pest control is pre sented in this paper.