Defending our Organic Cotton from Insects
Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by admin in Uncategorized
Organic Cotton is grown without the use of harmful chemicals. This includes pesticides created with harmful chemicals to control attacks from insects. Without being able to control the population of insects crops of cotton would not be able to be harvested.
We are currently using two biological predators to protect our Organic Cotton crop from the attacks of Bollworms (moths) and other insects.
1. TRICHOGRAMMA
Trichogramma
A small wasp that measures about 1mm in size destroys the eggs of bollworm. Bollworms are a major pest for damaging or even destroying our crops of Organic Cotton. The Trichogramma parasitizes the eggs of the bollworm by puncturing the eggs and partially sucking out the swap of the eggs. Then lays her eggs inside the shell of the bollworms egg. The Trichogramma egg then hatches and continues to consume the remaining nutrition from the bollworm egg.
The reproduction of the trychogramma is being maintained in the lab on a regular basis by parasitizing the eggs of sitotroga, a grain pest. These parasitized eggs are then placed in the fields for hatching. The trychogramma then spread and pray on the bollworm eggs in our Organic Cotton fields.
2. CHRYSOPA (Green Lacewing)
Chrysopa
Chrysopa is a bug of about 2cm in length. Their principal prey are aphids, but it also destroys mites, white fly, small caterpillars and eggs of bollworms by eating their eggs.
The Chrysopa is also raised in the laboratory on an annual basis to be placed in the Organic Cotton fields. Individual larvae are kept in a small vile and then released in the fields where they actively more around looking for their prey.
By utilizing these predatory insects we are able to raise a healthy Organic Cotton crop. This in turn helps to keep farmers and the surrounding population free of harmful chemicals.
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