Table 17. New Mexico Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 61000 32000 0.533 $9.75 $5.20 0.500 726
Boll/budworms 59000 44000 0.667 $13.50 $9.00 5.526 8024
Pink Bollworm 44000 12000 0.015 $9.75 $0.15 3.091 4488
Cotton Fleahoppers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 12500 1000 0.015 $9.75 $0.15 0.220 319
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 39000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.118 172
Beet Armyworms 800 100 0.002 $16.50 $0.03 0.012 18
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 15000 3000 0.045 $10.50 $0.48 0.682 990
Grasshoppers 12000 12000 0.076 $8.50 $0.64 0.018 26
Saltmarsh Catepillers 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 22000 5000 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.500 726
Bandedwing Whiteflies 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies 2000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.003 4
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 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 $15.64
Percent Lost: 10.67 est. Yield per acre: 714 at planting $6.48
Total Acres: 66000 Bt use fees $0.93
Total Acres Harvested: 66000 cost + loss : $6,675,310 eradication $0.99
Total Bales Lost: 15493 cost + loss/acre: $101.14 Scouting $3.86
Bales lost in $$$: $4,833,707 TOTAL $27.90