Table 23 VIRGINIA 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 95000 95000 1.176 $12.00 $14.11 0.344 914
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 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 3000 2000 0.020 $16.00 $0.32 0.000 0
Thrips, early season 101000 85000 0.842 $5.00 $4.21 0.500 972
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 500 500 0.005 $12.00 $0.06 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 5000 4000 0.040 $12.00 $0.48 0.050 96
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 50000 0 0.000 n/a $0.00 0.000 0
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 1700 1500 0.015 $12.00 $0.18 0.000 0
Cost/Acre
foliar insecticide $19.35
Percent Lost: 0.89 est. Yield per acre: 675 at planting $13.86
Total Acres: 101000 Bt use fees $0.08
Harvested Acres: 101000 cost + loss: $4,331,846 eradication $3.35
Total Bales lost 1983 cost + loss/acre $42.89 scouting $0.13
Bales Lost in$$$: $618,618.00 Total $36.76