Table 13. Georgia Summary
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost
of 1 applic |
cost/
acre |
%red |
Bales
lost |
| Boll weevil |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Bollworm/budworm |
900,000 |
600,000 |
1.007 |
$10.00
|
$10.07 |
1.812 |
56250 |
| Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Lygus |
300,000 |
70,000 |
0.047 |
$6.00
|
$0.28 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Cotton Leafperforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Spider Mites |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Thrips, early season |
1,200,000 |
125,000 |
0.084 |
$5.00
|
$0.42 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Beet Armyworm |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Fall Armyworm |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| European Corn Borer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Stink Bugs |
1,000,000 |
800,000 |
0.805 |
$7.00
|
$5.64 |
1.342 |
41667 |
| Grasshoppers |
20,000 |
1,000 |
0.001 |
$8.00
|
$0.01 |
0.013 |
417 |
| Salt-marsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Aphids |
100,000 |
5,000 |
0.003 |
$9.00
|
$0.03 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Bandedwinged Whitefly |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Silverleaf Whitefly |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
| Soybean Loopers |
10,000 |
2,000 |
0.001 |
$11.00
|
$0.01 |
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 |
10,000 |
5,000 |
0.003 |
$6.00
|
$0.02 |
0.000 |
0 |
| |
| Percent Lost |
3.17 |
|
Est.
yield/acre |
740 |
|
|
Cost/
Acre |
| |
|
Foliar
insecticide |
$16.48 |
| Total Acres |
1,490,000 |
Spray
applications |
1.952 |
At
planting |
$8.39 |
| |
|
Bt
use fees |
$12.21 |
| Cost
+ loss |
$98,602,500 |
Eradication |
$4.25 |
| Total Bales lost |
98,333 |
|
Scouting |
$5.84 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$28,320,000
|
Cost
+ loss/acre |
$66.18 |
Total |
$47.17 |