Abstract
A low dose of cypermethrin combined with Mamestra brassicae virus was applied weekly against the bollworms Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild) in smallholder cotton plots in northern Togo in 1989 and 1990. The timing of treatments was based on action thresholds. One or two additional sprays of Bacillus thuringiensis were applied to control Syllepte derogata F., or dimethoate to control aphids. No significant yield differences were observed between the plots treated with the pyrethroid-virus combination and the control plots, treated with the recommended insecticide schedule. However, the latter had a significantly higher percentage of healthy bolls. The virus applied was not reisolated from insects collected in the field.
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