Table 8. ALABAMA Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Boll/budworms 410000 185000 0.500 $9.00 $4.50 3.154 30260
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 122000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 410000 171000 0.187 $5.50 $1.03 2.854 27385
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 20000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.025 244
Thrips, early season 410000 109000 0.183 $4.00 $0.73 0.869 8336
Beet Armyworms 34000 2000 0.005 $14.00 $0.07 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 382000 123000 0.600 $15.00 $9.00 0.626 6008
European Cornborers 25000 2000 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 385000 193000 0.419 $7.00 $2.93 1.568 15044
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 410000 17000 0.024 $9.98 $0.24 0.517 4964
Bandedwing Whiteflies 265000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 5000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Soybean Loopers 21000 2000 0.005 $14.00 $0.07 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Western Flower Thrips 125000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 38000 21000 0.002 $7.96 $0.02 0.002 0
Cost / Acre:
Foliar insecticide $18.59
Percent Lost: 9.61 est. Yield per acre: 627 at planting $10.32
Total Acres: 410000 Bt use fees $23.33
Total Acres Harvested: 405000 Cost + Loss $56,302,953 Eradication $9.40
Total Bales Lost: 92241 cost + Loss/acre: $137.32 scouting $5.50
Bales lost in $$$: $28,779,238 TOTAL $67.13




Table 8a. NORTH ALABAMA Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Boll/budworms 125000 70000 0.560 $9.00 $5.04 1.000 3047
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 125000 100000 1.600 $4.80 $7.68 5.000 15234
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 20000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.080 244
Thrips, early season 125000 30000 0.240 $3.00 $0.72 2.000 6094
Beet Armyworms 30000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 125000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.500 1523
European Cornborers 5000 2000 0.016 $10.00 $0.16 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 100000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.040 $11.00 $0.44 1.000 3047
Aphids 125000 5000 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Bandedwing Whiteflies 125000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Soybean Loopers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Western Flower Thrips 125000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 35000 20000 0.160 $5.00 $0.80 0.000 0
Cost/Acre
$14.84
Percent Lost: 9.58 est. Yield per acre: 585 $10.50
Total Acres: 125000 $26.13
Total Acres Harvested: 125000 cost + loss $17,558,238 $10.30
Total Bales Lost: 29189 cost + Loss/acre: $140.47 $5.84
Bales lost in $$$: $9,106,988 $67.61




Table 8b. CENTRAL ALABAMA Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Boll/budworms 80000 12500 0.156 $9.00 $1.41 2.500 4792
Pink bollworm 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 40000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 80000 20000 0.250 $5.50 $1.38 4.000 7667
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 80000 4000 0.050 $4.00 $0.20 0.000 0
Beet Armyworms 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 52000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
European Cornborers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 80000 50000 0.625 $6.00 $3.75 2.000 3833
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 80000 2000 0.025 $10.00 $0.25 1.000 1917
Bandedwing Whiteflies 40000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Soybean Loopers 1000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Western Flower Thrips 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cost/Acre
Foliar insecticide $6.98
Percent Lost: 9.50 est. Yield per acre: 700 at planting $10.24
Total Acres: 80000 Bt use fees $28.48
Total Acres Harvested: 80000 cost + loss $11,401,500 eradication $19.25
Total Bales Lost: 18208 cost + Loss/acre: $142.52 scouting $6.56
Bales lost in $$$: $5,681,000 TOTAL $71.51




Table 8c. SOUTH ALABAMA Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Boll/budworms 205000 102500 1.000 $9.00 $9.00 5.000 22422
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 82000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 205000 51000 0.373 $5.50 $2.05 1.000 4484
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 205000 75000 0.366 $4.00 $1.46 0.500 2242
Beet Armyworms 4000 2000 0.010 $14.00 $0.14 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 205000 123000 1.200 $15.00 $18.00 1.000 4484
European Cornborers 20000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 205000 143000 0.837 $7.00 $5.86 2.500 11211
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 205000 10000 0.049 $10.00 $0.49 0.000 0
Bandedwing Whiteflies 100000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 5000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Soybean Loopers 20000 2000 0.010 $14.00 $0.14 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Western Flower Thrips 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 3000 1000 0.005 $8.00 $0.04 0.000 0
Cost/Acre
foliar insecticide $37.18
Percent Lost: 10.00 est. Yield per acre: 625 at planting $10.24
Total Acres: 205000 Bt use fees $19.61
Total Acres Harvested: 200000 cost + loss $29,756,575 eradication $5.00
Total Bales Lost: 44844 cost + Loss/acre: $145.15 Scouting $4.88
Bales lost in $$$: $13,991,250 TOTAL $76.90