Effect of irrigation and tillage practices on cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) and predator activity in the Texas Rolling Plains

Field studies were conducted at Munday, Knox Co. Texas, during the years 2003 to 2005 to evaluate the effects of irrigation and tillage system on cotton fleahopper (Pseudatomoscelis seriatus Reuter) seasonal activity in cotton. Irrigation treatments included 40-inch spacing subsurface drip, 80-inch spacing subsurface drip and standard furrow irrigation. Tillage treatments were conservation and conventional tillage systems.