Table 1 - ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN 1980 COTTON YIELDS RESULTING FROM INSECT DAMAGE1
| STATE | |||||||||||||||||||
| INSECTS | Loss in | AL | AZ | AR | CA | FL | GA | LA | MS | MO | NM | NC | OK | SC | TN | TX | VA | No. Bales Loss | % Loss (avg.) |
| Boll Weevil | Percent Bales |
4.0 11.0 |
0.01 0.141 |
0 0 |
NA 0 |
1.5 0.09 |
6.0 5.04 |
2.5 11.37 |
2.0 23.0 |
0 0 |
NA NA |
1.0 0.55 |
0 0 |
3.9 3.0 |
0 0 |
1.56 50.33 |
0 0 |
104.52 |
0.96 |
| Bollworm-tobacco budworm | Percent Bales |
7.0 19.25 |
0.2 2.82 |
1.0 4.50 |
0.28 8.54 |
8.0 0.488 |
10.0 8.4 |
5.7 25.93 |
4.0 46.0 |
3.5 5.77 |
12.0 13.88 |
4.0 2.2 |
10.0 22.0 |
6.5 5.0 |
3.0 5.85 |
4.88 157.43 |
5.0 0.01 |
328.06 |
3.07 |
| Cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) |
Percent Bales |
0 0 |
0.05 0.70 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0.5 2.27 |
0.04 0.46 |
1.0 1.65 |
1.0 1.16 |
NA NA |
0.5 1.1 |
0 0 |
NA NA |
1.60 51.62 |
0 0 |
58.96 |
0.54 |
| Lygus spp. and other Plant bugs |
Percent Bales |
2.0 5.5 |
2.0 28.3 |
0 0 |
2.25 68.63 |
0.5 0.03 |
8.0 6.72 |
0.6 2.73 |
1.1 12.65 |
2.0 3.3 |
3.0 3.47 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0.5 0.38 |
2.0 3.9 |
0.13 4.19 |
0 0 |
139.80 |
1.28 |
| Cotton Leafperforator | Percent Bales |
0 0 |
1.0 14.13 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
0 0 |
14.13 |
0.13 |
| Pink bollworm | Percent Bales |
0 0 |
2.0 28.3 |
0 0 |
0.25 7.62 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0 0 |
0 0 |
35.92 |
0.33 |
| Spider Mite Tetranychus spp. |
Percent Bales |
0.5 1.37 |
0.1 1.41 |
0.5 2.25 |
3.6 109.8 |
0.5 0.03 |
3.0 2.52 |
0.9 4.09 |
1.6 18.4 |
1.0 1.65 |
0 0 |
1.0 0.55 |
0.5 1.1 |
0.5 0.38 |
0.2 0.39 |
0.18 5.80 |
1.0 0.002 |
149.74 |
1.37 |
| Thrips Frankliniella spp. |
Percent Bales |
1.0 2.75 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
1.0 0.84 |
0.2 0.91 |
0.5 5.75 |
5.0 8.25 |
1.0 1.16 |
0.05 0.02 |
0.5 1.1 |
1.0 0.77 |
0 0 |
0.69 22.26 |
1.0 0.002 |
43.81 |
0.40 |
| Others : | Percent Bales |
2,31.75 4.81 |
3,40.15 2.11 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
23.0 0.18 |
2,3,50.99 0.83 |
0 0 |
2,3,60.18 2.07 |
22.0 3.3 |
33.0 3.47 |
2,53.0 1.65 |
3,73.0 6.6 |
21.0 0.77 |
8,9,100.3 0.59 |
3,8,91.63 52.58 |
0 0 |
78.96 |
0.72 |
| Avg. cost of
control per acre (in $'s)11 Total Percent Loss - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Bales Loss- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yield in Bales12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
33.00 16.25 44.68 275 |
30.00 5.51 77.4 1413 |
15.00 1.5 6.75 450 |
15.60 6.38 194.59 3050 |
100.00 13.5 0.823 6.1 |
60.00 28.99 24.35 84 |
43.21 10.4 47.3 455 |
36.00 9.42 108.33 1150 |
14.00 14.5 23.92 165 |
25.00 20.00 23.14 115.7 |
48.00 9.05 4.97 55 |
37.50 14.5 31.9 220 |
55.00 13.4 10.31 77 |
10.00 5.5 10.73 195 |
8.05 10.67 344.21 3226 |
50.00 7.00 0.014 0 |
--------- --------- 953.91 |
---------- 8.73 |
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| 1All bale figures in
table * 1,000. Esstimated by research, extension, and others based on Statistical
Reporting Service December Report. NA= not applicable 2 Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)). 3Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)). 4Stink bugs (Euschistus sp.). 5European corn borer (Ostrina nubilalis (Hubner)). 6Yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenee)). 7Grasshoppers (Schistocerca americana (Drury)): (Melanoplus spp.). 8Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii (Glover)). 9Cutworms (Agrotis spp.): (Feltia subterranea (F.)). 10Whitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea (Haldeman). 11Aveerage control cost for all States--$36.27. 12Total yield for all States--10,937.0 |
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