Boll weevil eradication most successful pest insect elimination program
A boll weevil pheromone trap at the edge of a cotton field. Traps continue to monitor the pest across the Cotton Belt to prevent its reintroduction. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Ray Frisbie)
Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the U.S.
Texas cotton producers have waged a 30-year campaign against the boll weevil.
Battles and watchful monitoring continue, but the Boll Weevil Eradication Program is winning with the help of Texas A&…
