The Relation of Leaf Color and Leaf Size to Boll Weevil Infestation1

31 July 1928

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 21 (4) , 553-559
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/21.4.553

Abstract

Field experiments in 1925 and 1926 indicate that the boll weevil has a marked preference for cotton plants with green foliage to those with red foliage. The boll weevil apparently has little choice between small leafed and large leafed varieties, provided the size and vigor of the plants is about the same.