01325naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024500810007726000090015852007720016765000130093965000230095265000240097565000180099965000100101765300200102765300160104777300560106313658282012-01-04       1973    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aCROSS, W. H.  aBiology, control, and eradication of the bool weevil.h[electronic resource]  c1973  aThe bool weevil, Anthonomus grandis, is currently in the limelight as a superpest of cotton which may possibly be eradicated from the United States or even from its complete range of distribution. Seventy-nine years ago, this insect was reported for the first time on cotton in the United States, in south Texas. Now, nationwide, cotton producers lose $200 million or more annually because of the boll weevil. Suppresion costs an additional $75 million annually, and nearly one-third of all insecticides applied to crops in the nel at state and federal laboratories have expanded our Knowledgeof of the biology and behavior of the insect and as a result have developed a combination of techniques which are showing promise in large-scale field trials for eradication.  aAlgodão  aAnthonomus Grandis  aControle Biológico  aErradicação  aPraga  aBiology control  aBoll weevil  tAnnual Review of Entomologygv. 18, p. 17-46, 1973.