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Notes: Stickiness of cotton fibre is related to outbreaks of sucking insects (including Aphis gossypii, Bemisia tabaci, Ferrisia virgata and Pseudococcus filamentosus) and the honeydew they produce, towards the end of the growing period of the crop. Populations of these insect pests have been increasing over several years, as a result of the development of new biotypes, but also encouraged by the development of new growing conditions. Direct chemical control measures are ineffective at this stage of plant growth, and it is necessary to develop new cultural practices in an integrated approach to control, based on eliminating or reducing the support for the pests that is provided by the foliage persisting at the end of the cycle.