Abstract: In a cotton-strain-screening field experiment conducted at the University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, 31794, USA, the Anthonomus grandis grandis (Boheman) showed low preference to PD 0786 and intermediate to TAMCOT lines, STHG 3-1, DES 920, STHG 4-4, MISCOT TB-27-7, GATIR 84-662 LAHG 810063 and TIFCOT 56 when compared with Stoneville 213, a susceptible standard cultivar.