Table 1.-- Estimated reduction in 1984 cotton yields resulting from insect damage.

Loss attributable to--

State

No. Bales Loss all states

% loss, avg. all states

AL

AZ

AR

CA

FL

GA

LA

MS

MO

NM

NC

OK

SC

TN

TX

VA

Boll weevil:

Percent--------

1.6

0.8

0

0

5.9

0.8

2.4

0.2

0

0

0

1.0

0

0.1

0.2

0

0.4

Bales----------

7.0

9.4

0

0

1.1

2.2

24.5

3.3

0

0

0

2.0

0

0.3

7.9

0

57.7

Bollworm-tobacco budworm:

Percent-------

3.1

1.1

1.8

1.0

5.0

2.1

3.0

0.8

0.5

5.0

10.5

9.0

3.0

2.0

6.2

2.0

3.2

Bales---------

14.0

12.9

9.9

29.5

0.9

5.8

39.8

13.2

1.0

5.3

12.6

18.0

5.1

6.6

257.2

<0.1

431.8

Cotton Fleahopper:

Percent--------

NA

<0.1

0

0

0

0.6

0.4

0.4

0

2.0

0

1.0

0

0

0.7

0

0.3

Bales----------

NA

0.1

0

0

0

1.5

4.1

6.6

0

2.1

0

2.0

0

0

29.2

0

45.6

Lygus spp. And other plant bugs:

Percent--------

1.3

1.2

0.8

0.9

<0.1

1.2

0.4

4.9

2.0

3.0

0.5

0

0.5

7.0

0.2

0

1.3

Bales----------

5.9

14.1

4.4

26.6

<0.1

3.3

4.1

80.9

3.8

3.2

0.6

0

0.9

23.1

6.3

0

177.2

Cotton Leafperforator:

Percent--------

NA

<0.1

NA

<0.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

0

NA

0

NA

NA

0

NA

<0.1

Bales----------

NA

0.6

NA

O.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

0

NA

0

NA

NA

0

NA

0.7

Pink bollworm:

Percent--------

NA

3.7

NA

0.2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

3.0

NA

0

NA

NA

0.1

NA

0.4

Bales----------

NA

43.5

NA

6.8

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

3.2

NA

0

NA

NA

4.2

NA

57.7

Spider mite:

Percent--------

0.3

0.1

0

2.0

0

<0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

1.0

0

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.2

0

0.6

Bales----------

1.4

1.2

0

59.0

0

0.1

3.1

1.7

0.2

1.1

0

1.0

0.5

0.3

6.3

75.9

Thrips:

Percent--------

0.3

0

0.1

<0.1

2.0

0.1

0.3

0.1

0

1.0

0.5

0.3

1.0

1.0

0.4

1.0

0.2

Bales----------

1.3

0

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.3

3.1

1.7

0

1.1

0.6

0.5

1.7

3.3

15.9

<0.1

30.8

Others:

3,9

4,5,11

3

3,9,12

3,8,11

6

6

12

3,6,9

Percent--------

1.1

0.1

0

0

1.5

0.5

0

0.1

0.1

0

8.0

0.3

1.8

0

0.7

0

0.4

Bales----------

5.0

1.7

0

0

0.3

1.4

0

1.7

0.1

0

9.6

0.5

3.1

0

27.1

50.5

Total Percent Loss---------------

7.7

7.0

2.7

4.2

14.5

5.3

7.7

6.6

2.7

15.0

19.5

12.1

6.6

10.2

8.7

3.0

6.9

Total Bale

Loss---------------

34.6

83.5

14.6

122.6

2.7

14.6

78.7

109.1

5.1

16.0

23.4

24.0

11.3

33.6

354.1

<0.1

927.9

Control cost/acre($)

43.3

85.0

37.6

21.5

103.8

64.6

55.1

34.3

4.4

10.1

32.5

21.0

43.4

7.0

10.4

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Yield in bales

450

1175.8

550

2950

18.3

275

1020

1650

190

105.3

120

200

170

330

4175

1.0

Acres harvested (x1000)

305

477

430

1400

15

180

640

1040

160

72

94

375

105

326

4700

0.3

1 All bale figures in table x 1,000. Estimated by research, extension, and others based on Statistical reporting Service December Report. 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 (Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner)). 7 Yellowstripped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenne)): 8 Grasshoppers (Schistocerca americana (Drury)). 9 Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover); 10 Cutworms (Agrotis spp.); (Felitia subterranea (F.). 11 Whitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea (Haldeman)); 12 Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (pergande)). 13 Average control cost for all States--$18.73/acre (estimate for NC does not include $18.00/acre for boll weevil eradication); 14 Total Yield for all States--13,380.4 bales; total acres harvested--10,318,300 (10,401,000 including Pima Cotton).