Table 15. MISSOURI Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 400000 40000 0.093 $9.00 $0.84 0.093 833
Boll /budworms 180000 60000 0.140 $12.00 $1.67 1.256 11250
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 100000 20000 0.047 $11.00 $0.51 0.047 417
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 5000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 1
Thrips, early season 430000 283200 0.659 $10.00 $6.59 2.000 17917
Beet Armyworms 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 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 430000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.010 90
Bandedwing Whiteflies 430000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
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: 3.41 est. Yield per acre: 725 Foliar insecticide $9.61
Total Acres: 430000 At planting insecticides $7.92
Total Acres Harvested: 410000 Total cost and loss insect related: $17,79 5,650 Bt use license fees $0.02
Total Bales Lost: 30507 Total cost + Loss/acre: $41.39 eradication $0.00
Bales lost in $$$: $10,250,450 TOTAL $17.55