Table 19. OKLAHOMA Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST Acres Infested Acres Treated # Insect Applic Cost of 1 Appl Cost/acre % Yield Loss Bales Lost
Boll Weevils 170000 160000 3.459 $6.00 $20.76 7.581 19723
Boll/budworms 185000 120000 1.946 $12.00 $23.35 3.000 7805
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahoppers 185000 100000 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.750 1951
Lygus 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Leaf perforators 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 20000 3000 0.016 $10.50 $0.17 0.027 70
Thrips, early season 185000 50000 0.270 $6.00 $1.62 0.250 650
Beet Armyworms 0 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 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 0 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 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 120000 70000 0.757 $8.50 $6.43 1.297 3375
Bandedwing Whiteflies 0 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 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 $52.33
Percent Lost: 12.91 est. Yield per acre: 525 at planting $3.24
Harvested Acres 185000 Bt use fees $2.85
Total Acres 185000 Total cost and loss insect related: $22,034,656 eradication $0.00
Total Bales lost 33574 Total cost + Loss/acre: $119.11 scouting $4.05
Bales lost in $$$: $10,475,156 TOTAL $62.48