Table 11. FLORIDA 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 55000 54000 1.080 $7.20 $7.78 3.300 5844
Cotton Fleahoppers 5000 2000 0.022 $7.00 $0.15 0.010 18
Lygus 10000 540 0.005 $5.60 $0.03 0.050 89
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 350 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 100000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Beet Armyworms 1000 600 0.012 $11.25 $0.14 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 17000 12000 0.240 $15.75 $3.78 0.085 151
European Cornborers 400 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 3000 1000 0.010 $6.14 $0.06 0.015 27
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 100000 3000 0.030 $6.00 $0.18 0.200 354
Bandedwing Whiteflies 2500 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 1000 300 0.003 $12.00 $0.04 0.000 0
Soybean Loopers 7000 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 1000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 3.66 est. Yield per acre: 672 Foliar insecticide $12.15
Total Acres: 100000 At planting insecticides $7.38
Total Acres Harvested: 100000 Total cost and loss insect related: $6,006, 514 Bt use license fees $13.76
Total Bales Lost: 6481 Total cost + Loss/acre: $60.07 eradication $5.00
Bales lost in $$$: $2,177,700 TOTAL $38.29