Table 1 - ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN 1981 COTTON YIELDS RESULTING FROM INSECT DAMAGE.a
| STATE | |||||||||||||||||||
| INSECTS | Loss in | AL | AZ | AR | CA | FL | GA | LA | MS | MO | NM | NC | OK | SC | TN | TX | VA | No. Bales Loss | Total % Loss |
| Boll Weevil Anthonomus grandis (Boheman) |
Percent Bales |
5.5 23 |
0.13 2 |
2.75 17.2 |
NAb NA |
6 0.9 |
3.2 5 |
3.9 29 |
2.7 43 |
0 0 |
NA NA |
2 1.8 |
Na Na |
4.1 6.6 |
1 3.1 |
1.2 70.1 |
0 0 |
200.83 | 1.29 |
| Bollworm tobacco budworm Heliothis tea (Boddie) Heliothis virescens (F) |
Percent Bales |
4.5 18.8 |
1.5 23.3 |
1.5 9.4 |
0 0 |
7 1.1 |
5.1 7.9 |
4.9 36.8 |
2.6 41.5 |
5 8.1 |
9 10 |
13 11.3 |
8 33 |
3.1 5 |
5 16 |
1.8 103 |
3 0.01 |
323.71 | 2.08 |
| Cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) |
Percent Bales |
0 0 |
0.02 0.31 |
0.05 0.31 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0.3 2.3 |
0.05 0.7 |
0.3 0.4 |
3 3.3 |
0 0 |
0.5 2.1 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
1.1 63 |
0 0 |
71.03 | 0.46 |
| Lygus spp. and other Plant bugs |
Percent Bales |
1.3 5.4 |
1.3 20 |
0.75 4.7 |
1.6 55 |
0.3 0.05 |
1.1 1.7 |
0.4 3 |
0.2 3.1 |
1.5 2.4 |
6 6.6 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0.2 0.3 |
3 9.3 |
0.17 9.7 |
0 0 |
121.56 | 0.78 |
| Cotton Leafperforator Bacculatrix thurberiella (Buack) |
Percent Bales |
NA NA |
0.9 13.5 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0.1 0.1 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
13.6 | 0.09 |
| Pink bollworm Pectinorphora gossypiella (Saunders) |
Percent Bales |
NA NA |
2.9 45 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
2 2.2 |
NA NA |
0 0 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
0.03 1.7 |
NA NA |
49.02 | 0.31 |
| Spider Mite Tetranchus spp. |
Percent Bales |
0.6 2.5 |
0.3 4.3 |
0.2 1.3 |
4 124 |
0.2 0.03 |
0.1 0.2 |
0.6 4.5 |
0.1 1.9 |
0.5 0.8 |
0.1 0.1 |
0.5 0.5 |
0.1 0.4 |
0.1 0.1 |
3 9 |
0.01 0.5 |
0 0 |
150.53 | 0.97 |
| Thrips Frankliniella spp. |
Percent Bales |
1.7 7 |
0 0 |
1 6.3 |
0 0 |
0.2 0.03 |
0.1 0.2 |
0.5 3.8 |
0.2 2.7 |
2 3.2 |
3 3.3 |
0.1 0.05 |
0.5 2.1 |
0.5 0.8 |
0.1 0.2 |
0.05 2.6 |
0 0 |
31.98 | 0.21 |
| Othersc, d ,e ,f, g, h ,i , j, k, l, | Percent Bales |
c, l, k 0.7 3 |
d, e, k 1.1 17.5 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
C,k 0.6 0.09 |
C, d 0.5 0.8 |
C, i .1 8.3 |
C, d, h, j 0.3 5 |
f 1.5 2.4 |
0 0 |
f 4 3.6 |
F, k 0.6 2.3 |
c, f 0.8 1.2 |
i 0.2 0.6 |
h 0.2 41.0 |
0 0 |
85.51 | 0.55 |
| Total Percent Loss
- - - - - - - - - - - - Total Bales Loss- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost Control/Acre1- - - - - - - - - - - - - Yield in Balesm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
14.3 59.6 41.7 418 |
8.1 126 69 1,550 |
6.3 39.1 26.4 625 |
5.2 179 21.7 3,450 |
14.3 2.2 15 135 |
10.15.98 15.7 72 155 |
11.7 84.8 49.5 750 |
6.2 98 33.4 1,570 |
10.8 17.2 7.00 162 |
23.1 25.4 14 110 |
19.1 17.2 7.80 90 |
9.7 39.6 42.5 410 |
8.7 14 90.0 160 |
12.3 38.1 3.5 310 |
5.0 286.1 25 5,700 |
3 0.01 24.0 0.450 |
1040 to the nearest 104 6.74 |
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| aAll bale figures in
table * 1,000. Estimated by research, extension, and others based on Statistical Reporting
Service December Report. b NA= not applicablec Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)). dBeet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)). eStink bugs (Euschistus sp.). fEuropean corn borer (Ostrina nubilalis (Hubner)). gYellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenee)). hGrasshoppers (Schistocerca americana (Drury)): (Melanoplus spp.). iCotton aphid (Aphis gossypii (Glover)). jCutworms (Agrotis spp.): (Feltia subterranea (F.)). kWhitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea (Haldeman). lAverage control cost for all States--$36.27. mTotal yield for all States--10,937.0 |
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