Table 8. ARIZONA Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Boll /budworms 132000 39000 0.241 $12.25 $2.95 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 291600 50000 0.077 $7.00 $0.54 0.000 0
Lygus 324000 163600 1.262 $20.00 $25.25 4.750 48094
Cotton Leaf perforators 75000 6000 0.022 $12.00 $0.27 0.162 1641
Pink Bollworms 299000 160000 1.728 $12.00 $20.74 2.769 28031
Spider Mites 5000 2000 0.009 $11.00 $0.10 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 324000 100000 0.309 $9.00 $2.78 0.100 1013
Beet Armyworms 300000 2000 0.006 $15.00 $0.09 0.093 938
Fall Armyworms 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
European Cornborers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 50000 6000 0.019 $15.00 $0.28 0.015 156
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 40000 1300 0.004 $12.50 $0.05 0.000 0
Aphids 304000 5000 0.015 $18.00 $0.28 0.000 0
Bandedwing Whiteflies 324000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 304000 235000 1.995 $29.00 $57.84 2.111 21375
Soybean Loopers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Western Flower Thrips 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 1300 900 0.003 $11.00 $0.03 0.000 0
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 10.00 est. Yield per acre: 10.00 Foliar insecticide $111.20
Total Acres: 324000 324000 At planting insecticides $2.78
Total Acres Harvested: 324000 Total cost and loss insect related: 324000 Bt use license fees $8.80
Total Bales Lost: 101247 Total cost + Loss/acre: 101247 eradication $2.01
Bales lost in $$$: $34,018,950 TOTAL $124.79