Abstract
Predatory and harmful insects were collected from cotton planted between corn, soybeans, alfalfa, peanuts, sorghum, and a check (no crop planted on either side of the cotton). Beneficial arthropods collected in greatest numbers were lady beetles, lacewings, nabids, flower bugs, Collops beetles, and spiders. Destructive insects included thrips, fleahoppers, and Heliothis . Predators occurred more frequently in the sorghum, peanut, and alfalfa treatments than in the other treatments. Thrips, fleahopper, and boll weevil populations did not reach levels requiring control in any treatment. Treatment yields appeared to be affected by Heliothis when percent damaged squares from the treatments were compared with the check with no crop planted beside the cotton. The sorghum and check treatments produced the most and the corn treatment the least pounds of seed cotton. Sorghum appears to be the crop with the greatest potential for strip cropping with cotton.
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