Table 22. VIRGINIA Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost /acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 14 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Boll /budworms 103000 103000 1.000 $11.00 $11.00 2.000 3948
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
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 20600 20000 0.194 $6.00 $1.17 0.200 395
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 1000 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.002 5
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 0 0 0.000 $0.00 $0.00 0.000 0
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: 2.20 est. Yield per acre: 710 Foliar insecticide $12.17
Total Acres: 103000 At planting insecticides $14.00
Total Acres Harvested: 102000 Total cost and loss insect related: $4,547, 314 Bt use license fees $0.00
Total Bales Lost: 4348 Total cost + Loss/acre: $44.15 eradication $3.80
Bales lost in $$$: $1,460,914 TOTAL $29.97