Evaluation of Thermosanitation for Control of Cotton Boll Rot. J. P. Snow, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803. D. E. Sanders, Graduate Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803. Plant Dis. 64:672-673. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-672.

Destruction of plant debris beneath cotton plants by flames from a hand-held or tractor-mounted burner significantly reduced boll rot and increased cotton yields. Inoculum of boll-rotting Fusarium spp. decreased as a result of flame treatment.