Table 9. ARIZONA 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 140000 34000 0.155 $12.57 $1.95 0.043 438
Pink Bollworm 320000 100000 0.912 $12.05 $10.99 2.626 27000
Cotton Fleahoppers 329000 10000 0.030 $9.41 $0.29 0.000 0
Lygus 329000 300000 2.097 $17.96 $37.67 2.630 27040
Cotton Leaf perforators 70000 1200 0.004 $14.34 $0.05 0.000 0
Spider Mites 12000 1200 0.004 $18.00 $0.07 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 329000 66000 0.201 $8.97 $1.80 0.000 0
Beet Armyworms 250000 25000 0.076 $18.24 $1.39 0.000 0
Fall Armyworms 0 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 100000 10000 0.030 $15.00 $0.46 0.030 313
Grasshoppers 20000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Catepillers 60000 4000 0.012 $12.05 $0.15 0.000 0
Aphids 250000 500 0.002 $14.05 $0.02 0.000 0
Bandedwing Whiteflies 250000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 310000 280000 1.813 $29.08 $52.72 1.027 10559
Soybean Loopers 200000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cabbage Loopers 25000 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 2000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cost/Acre
foliar insecticide $107.53
Percent Lost: 6.36 est. Yield per acre: 1250.00 At planting $3.40
Total Acres: 329000 Bt use fees $20.47
Total Acres Harvested: 329000 Cost + Loss: $67,081,291.00 Eradication $1.79
Total Bales Lost: 65349 cost + Loss/acre: $203.89 Scouting $8.72
Bales lost in $$$: $20,388,908 TOTAL $141.92