How is eradication accomplished?
Through mapping, trapping and control. All fields in a zone are mapped using Global Positioning Satellite technology. Traps are then deployed around these fields to provide program personnel with data about boll weevil activity in the fields. Because the traps contain an insecticide strips, they function as a control method as well. Control is primarily accomplished through the use of good cultural practices such as early planting and harvest and the timely removal of hostable material from fields, and through insecticide applications. Most insecticide applications are performed by aerial applicators, but in areas where this is not possible or near sensitive areas, such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, housing developments or ecologically sensitive areas, ground rigs are used to apply the insecticide. The Foundation uses malathion ULV, applied at a rate of 12 ounces per acre. During the diapause phase, which is implemented in late summer or early fall, depending on the area and we
