Table 10. CALIFORNIA* 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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 800000 500000 0.425 $30.00 $12.76 1.361 45000
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Pink Bollworms 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 750000 500000 0.851 $24.00 $20.42 0.957 31641
Thrips, early season 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Beet Armyworms 100000 50000 0.043 $12.50 $0.53 0.000 0
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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 750000 100000 0.102 $40.00 $4.08 0.638 21094
Bandedwi ng Whiteflies 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 250000 100000 0.102 $25.00 $2.55 0.106 3516
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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 3.06 est. Yield per acre: 1150 Foliar insecticide $40.34
Total Acres: 1175555 At planting insecticides $0.77
Total Acres Harvested: 1175555 Total cost and loss insect related: $82,345,000 Bt use license fees $0.00
Total Bales Lost: 101250 Total cost + Loss/acre: $70.05 eradication $0.00
Bales lost in $$$: $34,020,000 TOTAL $41.11
*California - This estimate represents the San Jocquain Valley, only.