Table 18. OKLAHOMA Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 235000 185000 2.846 $6.00 $17.08 6.779 15605
Boll /budworms 260000 150000 1.731 $11.50 $19.90 3.250 7482
Cotton Fleahoppers 260000 100000 0.385 $6.00 $2.31 0.250 576
Lygus 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 260000 50000 0.192 $4.75 $0.91 0.250 576
Beet Armyworms 50000 3000 0.012 $12.50 $0.14 0.096 221
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 150000 100000 0.769 $6.75 $5.19 1.154 2656
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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 11.78 est. Yield per acre: 300 Foliar insecticide $45.54
Total Acres: 260000 At planting insecticides $3.20
Total Acres Harvested: 220000 Total cost and loss insect related: $22,36 5,337 Bt use license fees $2.24
Total Bales Lost: 27116 Total cost + Loss/acre: $86.02 eradication $0.00
Bales lost in $$$: $9,110,937 TOTAL $50.98