Table 16. NEW MEXICO Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 57000 9450 0.192 $6.50 $1.25 0.616 1076
Boll/
budworms
49500 12375 0.334 $11.00 $3.68 6.020 10516
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 12500 3125 0.042 $11.00 $0.46 0.169 295
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Pink Bollworms 42050 19400 0.786 $11.00 $8.65 4.546 7940
Spider Mites 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 39600 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 1.070 1869
Beet Armyworms 1600 500 0.010 $20.50 $0.21 0.032 57
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 6600 434 0.006 $10.00 $0.06 0.009 16
Grasshoppers 11485 1000 0.014 $10.00 $0.14 0.016 27
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 19400 5820 0.079 $11.00 $0.87 0.393 687
Bandedwing Whiteflies 0 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 600 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 12.87 est. Yield per acre: 773 Foliar insecticide $15.31
Total Acres: 74000 At planting insecticides $0.60
Total Acres Harvested: 72000 Total cost and loss insect related: $8,745, 992 Bt use license fees $0.19
Total Bales Lost: 22483 Total cost + Loss/acre: $118.19 eradication $0.00
Bales lost in $$$: $7,554,345 TOTAL $16.10