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 ...

During the rainy or winter seasons, many kitchen staples tend to spoil or get infested with tiny insects and weevils. Rice is one of the most common items affected. Since most people store rice for a ...

“And now after eradication, you hardly ever see them.” The economic cost of boll weevil control was taking a toll on farmer budgets, but such intense insecticide programs were also taking a toll on ...