Chapter 12. L. S. Bird. 1981. Pest management systems for cotton diseases. Pages 203-213. In: David Pimentel (editor). 1981. CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture. Volume 3, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 656 pages.

Keywords: root diseases, seedling disease complex, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium spp., Pythium spp., Thieviopsis basicola, Glomerella gossypii, root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Aspergillus spp., Alternaria, chemical control, seed treatment, fusarium wilt root-knot nematode complex, host plant resistance, Verticillium wilt, V. albo-atrum, early maturing varieties, Phymatotrichum root rot, P. omnivorum, use of barnyard manure, use of lister bedding and turning over the soil by chiseling, surface mulching instead of burial, Hoplolaimus spp., crop rotation, bacterial blight Xanthomonas malvacearum, boll rot, okra-shaped leaves (deeply indented margins where leaf lobes appear almost as leaflets permits more air movement, southwestern cotton rust Pucccinia stakmanii, protectant fungicides, alternaria leaf spot Alternaria macrospora, G. barbadense are susceptible, other fungal leaf spots, Ascochyta gossypii, Cercospora gossypiana, Ramularia sp., Alternaria spp., Nigrospora sp., Stemphyllium sp., R. solani.

Host plant resistance, multiple disease resistance, multi-adversity resistance