Affects of two cotton varieties on levels of boll weevil parasitism [Col.: Curculionidae]

The cotton plant has a profound affect on the behavior and ability of parasites to successfully attack the boll weevil,Anthonomus grandis Boheman. The most important native parasite of the boll weevil,Bracon mellitor Say, prefers to oviposit on Frego bract cotton rather than normal bract cotton. An imported parasite,Heterolaccus grandis Burks prefers ovipositions on normal bract cotton rather than Frego.