Cotton Insect Losses 1983
Compiled for National Cotton Council
Robert B. Head, Coordinator
Cooperative Extension Service
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
State Coordinators
Alabama----------Ron Smith
Arizona-----------Leon Moore
Arkansas----------Donald Johnson
California---------Vernon Burton
Florida------------R.K. Sprenkel
Georgia-----------William Lambert
Louisiana---------James S. Tynes
Mississippi--------Robert Head
Missouri-----------Edward Kowalski
New Mexico-------Luke L. Bozeman
North Carolina-----Jack Bacheler
Oklahoma-----------Kenneth N. Pinkston
South Carolina-------Mitchell Roof
Tennessee-----------Richard W. Caron
Texas---------------Mike McWhorter
Virginia------------James Roberts
State coordinators were assisted in developing losses data by research, extension, private agricultural consultants and other personnel associated with cotton production. The Cotton Foundation provided funds to help defray expenses of developing data. State coordinators are responsible for data from their respective areas.
| Table 1 Alabama Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 8.2 | 14.8 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 3.0 | 5.4 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 2.0 | 3.6 |
| Thrips | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Others | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total Percent Loss: 13.6 | ||
| Total Bale Loss: 24.6 | ||
| Control Cost/Acre($): 60.0 | ||
| Yield in Bales: 180.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 215.0 | ||
| Table 2 Arizona Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Fleahopper | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lygus bugs | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Pink bollworm | 3.5 | 24.6 |
| Spider mites | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Thrips | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Others | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Total Percent Loss: 7.4 | ||
| Total Bale Loss: 50.5 | ||
| Control Cost/Acre($): 74.0 | ||
| Yield in Bales: 704.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 317.5 | ||
| Table 3 Arkansas Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 2.9 | 9.3 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Thrips | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total percent loss: 5.3 | ||
| Total bale loss: 17.0 | ||
| Control cost/acre($): 24.3 | ||
| Yield in Bales: 320.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 310.0 | ||
| Table 4 California Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 1.2 | 23.8 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Spider mites | 1.8 | 35.6 |
| Thrips | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total percent loss: 3.3 | ||
| Total bale loss: 65.4 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 18.8 | ||
| Yield in bales: 1980.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 965.0 | ||
| Table 5 Florida Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Thrips | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Others | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Total percent loss: 15.7 | ||
| Total bale loss: 2.3 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 135.9 | ||
| Yield in bales: 12.3 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 9.5 | ||
| Table 6 Georgia Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Thrips | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Others | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Total percent loss: 9.1 | ||
| Total bale loss: 10.9 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 52.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 120.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 115.0 | ||
| Table 7 Louisiana Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 4.6 | 28.8 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 3.2 | 17.3 |
| Fleahopper | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Thrips | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Others | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Total Percent Loss: 9.4 | ||
| Total Bale Loss: 54.6 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 57.8 | ||
| Yield in bales: 540.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 410.0 | ||
| Table 8 Mississippi Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 4.0 | 36.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Fleahopper | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Thrips | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Others | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Total percent loss: 6.5 | ||
| Total bale loss: 54.1 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 45.9 | ||
| Yield in bales: 900.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 675.0 | ||
| Table 9 Missouri Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Thrips | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Others | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total percent loss: 2.3 | ||
| Total bale loss: 1.4 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 7.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 73.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 93.0 | ||
| Table10 New Mexico Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Fleahopper | 5.0 | 3.7 |
| Lygus bugs | 7.0 | 5.1 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Spider mites | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Thrips | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total percent loss: 20.0 | ||
| Total bale loss: 14.6 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 15.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 73.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 60.0 | ||
| Table 11 North Carolina Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 3.0 | 1.4 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 6.5 | 2.9 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Thrips | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Others | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Total percent loss: 11.5 | ||
| Total bale loss: 5.2 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 57.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 45.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 59.0 | ||
| Table 12 Oklahoma Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 9.0 | 12.6 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 6.0 | 8.4 |
| Fleahopper | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Thrips | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Others | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Total percent loss: 17.1 | ||
| Total bale loss: 23.8 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 38.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 140.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 300.0 | ||
| Table 13 South Carolina Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 4.9 | 2.7 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Thrips | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Others | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total Percent Loss: 12.9 | ||
| Total Bale loss: 7.0 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 80.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 55.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 69.0 | ||
| Table 14 Tennessee Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Thrips | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total Percent Loss: 5.6 | ||
| Total bale loss: 8.5 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 8.5 | ||
| Yield in bales: 150.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 215.0 | ||
| Table 15 Texas Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 2.9 | 67.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 2.2 | 50.7 |
| Fleahopper | 1.0 | 24.2 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.4 | 9.3 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Spider mites | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Thrips | 1.0 | 22.3 |
| Others | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Total Percent Loss: 7.8 | ||
| Total Bale Loss: 181.5 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 9.7 | ||
| Yield in bales: 2326.0 | ||
| Acres harvested (x1000): 3322.8 | ||
| Table 15 Virginia Cotton Insect Losses for 1983 | ||
| Loss attributable to: | Percent | Bales |
| Boll Weevil | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Boll/Bud Worm | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Fleahopper | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lygus bugs | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Leaf perforator | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pink bollworm | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spider mites | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| Thrips | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Others | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total Percent Loss: 9.0 | ||
| Total Bale Loss: 0.1 | ||
| Control cost/acre ($): 25.0 | ||
| Yield in bales: 0.2 | ||
| Acres harvested: 0.3 | ||
1. All bale figures in table x1000. Estimated by research, extension, and others based on Statistical Reporting Service December Report. I=Insignificant.
2. Losses indicated were those incurred even with recommended control programs.
3. Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)). 4. Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)).
5. Stink bugs (Euschistus spp.).
6. European corn borer (Ostrinja nibilalis (Hubner)).
7. Yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera aornithogalli (Guenee))
8. Grasshoppers (Schistocerca americana (Drury)).
9. Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover).
10. Cutworms (Agrotis spp.); (Feltia subterranea (F.).
11. Whitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea (Haldeman)).
12. Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)).
13. Average control cost for all states-$44.30/acre.
14. Total yield for all states-7618.5 bales; total acres harvested-7,136,100.