Boll weevil feeding on cotton boll
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Item information
- Title:
- Boll weevil feeding on cotton boll
- Description:
- Transcribed from back: This boll weevil hungrily attacks a ripe cotton boll. Since 1892, the pests have destroyed almost $12 billion worth of cotton from Texas to Virginia. To measure boll weevil numbers, this "shagger" checks cotton bolls carefully for puncture. Severe weevil infestations can reduce cotton yields by 50 to 100 percent.
- Topics:
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Agriculture
Community and Extension
- Subjects:
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Boll weevil
Cotton
Cotton -- Diseases and pests
Crop science
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ua023_007-006-bx0017-005-010
- Created Date:
- Names:
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North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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- Location:
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North Carolina
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Agricultural Extension and Research services (UA023.007) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
