Table 20. TENNESSEE Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 175806 161050 0.944 $5.70 $5.38 2.209 22448
Boll /budworms 104431 57750 0.215 $10.53 $2.26 0.846 8593
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 155931 45900 0.114 $5.76 $0.65 0.694 7050
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 390 143 0.000 $5.82 $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 161931 82750 0.182 $3.94 $0.72 0.983 9986
Beet Armyworms 300 0 0.000 $15.60 $0.00 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 1075 150 0.000 $9.00 $0.00 0.003 33
European Cornborers 2050 150 0.000 $9.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 57750 3294 0.006 $4.99 $0.03 0.174 1770
Grasshoppers 500 150 0.000 $6.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 38500 725 0.001 $12.96 $0.02 0.004 36
Bandedwing Whiteflies 15667 0 0.000 $8.30 $0.00 0.000 3
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 41667 75 0.000 $13.20 $0.00 0.001 8
Western Flower Thrips 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 3467 2217 0.004 $6.86 $0.03 0.000 1
Cost /Acre
Percent Lost: 4.91 est. Yield per acre: 620 Foliar insecticide $9.10
Total Acres: 537228 At planting insecticides $1.91
Total Acres Harvested: 537228 Total cost and loss insect related: $23,00 0,414 Bt use license fees $0.37
Total Bales Lost: 49929 Total cost + Loss/acre: $42.81 eradication $0.19
Bales lost in $$$: $16,776,010 TOTAL $11.59