Table 1. 1987 u.s. Cotton Crop Production. (Source: USDA Crop reporting service).

--Upland--

Acres

Harvesteda/

Indicated

Yieldb/

--Production--

Jan 1 c/ 1986c/

ALA

333

588

408

330

AZ

299

1,365

850

675

ARK

570

762

905

602

CALIF

1,120

1,264

2,950

2,245

GA

245

666

340

185

LA

600

792

990

673

MISS

1.010

832

1,750

1,190

MO

189

830

327

196

NM

62

735

95

62

NC

95

505

100

109

OKLA

400

420

350

210

SC

119

444

110

87

TENN

445

701

650

396

TEXAS

4,400

502

4,600

2,535

US

9,915

700

14,460

9,525

--PIMA--

US

135

941

264

206

--ALL COTTON--

US

10,049

703

14,724

9,731

a/ Acres in thousands

b/ Yield in lbs./acre

c/ Production in thousand 480 lb. bales

Table 2a. All States

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

5141615

3758401

2.6

3.70

2.24

325403

Boll/budworms

8506099

5617023

1.9

7.02

1.97

286796

Fleahoppers

6888887

3179216

0.4

2.67

0.92

133561

Lygus bugs

3780513

1608053

0.2

3.87

0.25

37445

Leaf perforator

202800

120000

0.0

9.00

0.00

682

Pink bollworm

586000

325800

0.1

8.92

0.13

19035

Spider mites

1578457

739157

0.1

10.56

0.05

7622

Thrips

6424455

3200511

0.4

3.94

0.12

18260

Armyworms

590130

275000

0.0

12.74

0.02

3849

Minor pests

3308488

1646278

0.2

4.70

0.15

22401

New pests

1046598

91076

0.0

4.50

0.00

948

Acreage harvested: 9914110 Yield per acre: 1.46 Bales

Percent lost: 5.89 Dollars lost: 246,530,321 Cost per acre: 31.89

Table 2b. North Alabama

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

200000

200000

7.7

1.95

8.50

18239

Boll/budworms

200000

200000

5.0

5.25

4.80

10300

Fleahoppers

10000

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

200000

200000

0.0

0.00

0.10

214

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

90000

30000

0.0

1.90

0.15

321

Thrips

200000

2000

0.0

8.65

0.00

10

Armyworms

15000

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Minor pests

200000

150000

1.6

1.85

1.50

3218

New pests

200000

10000

0.0

2.15

0.05

107

 

Acreage harvested: 200000 Yield per acre: 1.07 Bales

Percent lost: 15.10 Dollars lost: 9,334,890 Cost per acre:44.47

Table 2c. Central & South Alabama

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Threshold

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

152000

152000

7.3

2.10

8.38

12793

Boll/budworms

152000

152000

4.7

4.80

3.98

6076

Fleahoppers

8000

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

152000

10000

0.0

*.**

0.00

5

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

15000

10000

0.0

6.00

0.00

10

Thrips

152000

110000

0.7

6.75

0.22

347

Armyworms

110000

10000

0.0

7.00

0.00

5

Minor pests

152000

120000

1.6

1.80

1.65

2525

New pests

152000

20000

0.0

3.50

0.01

21

 

Acreage harvested: 145000 Yield per acre: 1.05 Bales

Percent lost: 4.28 Dollars lost: 6,273,918 Cost per acre: 46.91

Table 2d. Arkansas

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

600000

550000

7.1

4.58

4.82

43656

Boll/budworms

600000

300000

1.3

6.15

1.05

9525

Fleahoppers

600000

400

0.0

3.50

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

600000

120000

0.2

3.50

0.10

952

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

30000

3500

0.0

4.00

0.00

0

Thrips

600000

525

0.9

5.80

0.00

0

Armyworms

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Minor pests

600000

250000

0.4

2.00

0.02

198

New pests

300000

1000

0.0

0.75

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested; 570000 Yield per acre: 1.59 Bales

Percent Lost: 6.00 Dollars Lost: 15,647670 Cost per acre: 48.10

Table 2e. Arizona

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

100000

50000

1.3

9.00

0.08

710

Boll/budworms

220000

80000

0.5

10.00

0.21

1820

Fleahoppers

60000

10000

0.0

9.00

0.00

2

Lygus bugs

260000

190000

1.2

9.00

0.63

5403

Leaf perforator

200000

120000

0.8

9.00

0.08

682

Pink bollworm

300000

290000

5.8

9.00

2.13

18143

Spider mites

200000

120000

0.8

12.00

0.16

1365

Thrips

300000

20000

0.0

7.00

0.00

5

Armyworms

90000

60000

0.4

9.00

0.04

341

Minor pests

180000

150000

2.0

9.00

0.05

426

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested: 299000 Yield per acre: 2.84 Bales

Percent lost: 3.39 Dollars lost: 8,323,497 Cost per acre: 120.50

Table 2f. California

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Boll/budworms

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Fleahoppers

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

56500

45200

0.0

20.00

0.00

0

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

113000

11300

0.0

16.00

0.01

297

Spider mites

290000

169500

0.2

16.00

0.00

223

Thrips

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Armyworms

113000

113000

0.1

20.00

0.10

2975

Minor pests

339000

113000

0.1

12.00

0.20

5951

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Average harvested: 112000 Yield per acre: 2.63 Bales

Percent lost: 0.32 Dollars Lost:2,720,949 Cost per acre: 9.44

Table 2g. Florida

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

25310

25050

4.0

5.00

7.12

2761

Boll/budworms

25310

25310

7.1

8.70

7.20

2790

Fleahoppers

3030

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

13920

3800

0.0

7.75

0.01

5

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

6580

1010

0.0

7.50

0.00

3

Thrips

20259

2530

0.0

8.50

0.05

23

Armyworms

17700

2530

0.0

8.60

0.02

11

Minor pests

21513

3040

0.0

7.70

0.03

13

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Average harvested: 25310 Yield per acre: 1.53 Bales

Percent Lost: 14.47 Dollars Lost: 1,616,660 Cost per acre: 82.98

Table 2h. Georgia

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Threshold

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

255000

255000

16.6

3.75

6.76

22997

Boll/budworms

255000

255000

6.2

6.75

2.08

7076

Fleahoppers

112500

25000

0.1

3.88

0.07

260

Lygus bugs

112500

55000

0.2

3.88

0.22

763

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

10000

10000

0.0

8.75

0.00

0

Thrips

200000

170000

0.9

4.75

0.00

0

Armyworms

75000

50000

0.3

7.00

0.00

0

Minor pests

5000

1500

0.0

8.75

0.00

0

New pests

25000

25000

0.1

4.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost: 9.14 Dollars lost: 8,956,035 Cost per acre: 113.25

Table 2i. Louisiana

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

597983

585272

6,8

2.85

5.85

57941

Boll/budworms

597983

542957

4.3

6.65

2.71

26876

Fleahoppers

463840

402776

0.4

2.05

0.20

1993

Lygus bugs

480170

348228

0.4

2.25

0.20

2011

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

317536

1179360

0.2

5.65

0.05

591

Thrips

472700

370818

0.6

2.10

0.13

1346

Armyworms

2730

1520

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Minor pests

475000

335907

0.6

3.14

0.33

3325

New pests

120298

8676

0.0

5.70

0.01

143

 

Acreage harvested: 189000 Yield per acre: 1.65 Bales

Percent Lost: 9.51 Dollars lost: 27,138,138 Cost per acre: 54.79

Table 2j. Missouri

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

189000

18000

0.3

4.00

0.38

1245

Boll/budworms

189000

60000

0.6

7.50

1.90

6225

Fleahoppers

5000

1000

0.0

4.25

0.01

34

Lygus bugs

189000

47250

0.3

3.75

0.75

2451

Leaf perforator

1800

0

0.0.

*.**

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

3600

500

0.0

5.50

0.00

0

Thrips

160650

567000

0.6

4.75

0.60

1960

Armyworms

9500

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Minor pests

25000

7000

0.0

4.75

0.18

605

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested: 189000 Yield per acre: 1.73 Bales

Percent lost: 3.83 Dollars lost: 3.606,267 Cost per acre: 1.85

Table 2k. Mississippi Delta

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

656257

606957

5.1

2.35

3.45

44885

Boll/budworms

726157

716317

4.8

5.89

4.82

62600

Fleahoppers

241750

159940

0.4

1.96

0.24

3129

Lygus bugs

613257

517425

1.6

2.34

1.45

18872

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

128875

88187

0.1

5.46

0.14

1859

Thrips

586257

431740

0.9

2.69

0.35

4563

Armyworms

51900

19650

0.0

7.14

0.01

172

Minor pests

339775

103431

0.1

6.93

0.07

950

New pests

14000

10000

0.0

3.82

0.00

88

 

Acreage harvested: 742586 Yield per acre: 1.75 Bales

Percent lost: 10.55 Dollars lost: 39,490,926 Cost per acre:49.95

Table 2l. Mississippi Hill

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment

Thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

237908

227708

8.6

2.00

7.86

20946

Boll/budworms

227839

213139

4.2

5.21

3.72

9923

Fleahoppers

47600

14800

0.1

2.84

0.15

408

Lygus bugs

203666

136600

0.9

1.95

0.67

1799

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

48066

14400

0.0

4.50

0.06

164

Thrips

216539

183973

1.3

1.95

0.56

1504

Armyworms

6500

500

0.0

6.50

0.00

3

Minor pests

19000

2200

0.0

1.63

0.00

5

New pests

4300

3400

0.0

4.81

0.09

263

 

Acreage harvested: 230655 Yield per acre: 1.16 Bales

Percent lost: 13.14 Dollars lost: 10,085,437 Cost per acre:45.06

Table 2m. North Carolina

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Boll/budworms

87000

87000

2.7

7.00

0.91

91

Fleahoppers

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

500

100

0.0

6.80

0.00

0

Thrips

87000

87000

0.9

6.00

0.27

274

Armyworms

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Minor pests

15000

50000

0.0

7.00

0.00

0

New pests

70000

3000

0.0

5.50

0.03

37

 

Acreage harvested: 95000 Yield per acre: 1.05 Bales

Percent lost: 1.22 Dollars lost: 353,755 Cost per acre:25.45

Table 2n. New Mexico

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Boll/budworms

22710

5200

0.0

8.00

0.41

398

Fleahoppers

33250

7000

0.1

9.00

0.56

535

Lygus bugs

39000

8550

0.0

8.00

0.68

654

Leaf perforator

1000

0

0.0

*.**

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

23000

4500

0.1

9.00

0.36

344

Spider mites

12700

1000

0.0

8.00

0.01

15

Thrips

44200

9100

0.1

7.00

0.73

696

Armyworms

13600

1500

0.0

8.00

0.12

114

Minor pests

200

200

0.0

4.00

0.00

3

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested: 62000 Yield per acre: 1.53 Bales

Percent lost: 2.91 Dollars lost: 795,784 Cost per acre:4.74

Table 2o. Oklahoma

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment threshold

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

115000

95000

0.7

4.75

1.18

4156

Boll/budworms

375000

150000

1.1

10.50

1.87

6562

Fleahoppers

375000

100000

0.2

4.75

0.22

787

Lygus bugs

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

35000

15000

0.0

8.75

0.01

65

Thrips

375000

5000

0.0

4.75

0.00

0

Armyworms

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Minor pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested: 400000 Yield per acre: 0.88 Bales

Percent lost: 3.30 Dollars lost: 3,332,826 Cost per acre:17.10

Table 2p. South Carolina

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

40000

50

0.0

3.00

0.00

0

Boll/budworms

122000

85000

2.8

6.75

2.14

2358

Fleahoppers

35000

400

0.0

4.00

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

45000

2000

0.0

4.00

0.00

0

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

2000

500

0.0

8.00

0.00

0

Thrips

115000

50000

0.6

3.0

0.04

46

Armyworms

15000

1000

0.0

11.00

0.01

18

Minor pests

15000

15000

0.1

4.50

0.00

0

New pests

25000

5000

0.0

4.50

0.21

231

 

Acreage harvested: 119000 Yield per acre: 0.93 Bales

Percent lost: 2.41 Dollars lost: 764,701 Cost per acre:22.74

Table 2q. Tennessee

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment thresholds

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

103640

35998

0.4

4.00

0.16

1051

Boll/budworms

296250

118500

0.5

7.00

2.13

13844

Fleahoppers

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus bugs

300000

50000

0.1

3.00

0.11

730

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

100000

5000

0.0

4.00

0.00

0

Thrips

300000

75000

0.1

2.50

0.00

54

Armyworms

50000

100

0.0

4.00

0.00

0

Minor pests

100000

10000

0.0

3.00

0.02

146

New pests

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

 

Acreage harvested: 445000 Yield per acre: 1.46 Bales

Percent lost: 2.43 Dollars lost: 4,558,450 Cost per acre:6.54

Table 2r. Texas - Area 1

Pest

Acres

infested

Above treatment threshold

No. insecticide

Applications

Cost per

Application

% yield

reduction

Bales

Lost

Boll weevils

40000

10000

0.1

5.10

0.12

62

Boll/budworms

50000

8000

0.1

9.50

0.10

50

Fleahoppers

55000

13000

0.0

4.50

0.16

81

Lygus bugs

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Leaf perforator

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Pink bollworm

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Spider mites

0

0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

80000

40000

0.5