Table 21. South Carolina 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 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Bollworm/budworm |
280,000 |
190,000 |
0.983 |
$9.00
|
$8.84 |
2.90 |
16,415 |
| Pink
Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton
Fleahopper |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Lygus |
25,000 |
5,000 |
0.017 |
$8.50
|
$0.15 |
0.17 |
977 |
| Cotton
Leafperforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider
Mites |
15,000 |
750 |
0.004 |
$13.00
|
$0.05 |
0.16 |
879 |
| Thrips,
early season |
250,000 |
55,000 |
0.228 |
$5.00
|
$1.14 |
1.72 |
9,771 |
| Beet
Armyworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Fall
Armyworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| European
Corn Borer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Stink
Bugs |
115,000 |
100,000 |
0.517 |
$9.00
|
$4.66 |
0.79 |
4,495 |
| Grasshoppers |
25,000 |
15,000 |
0.103 |
$10.00
|
$1.03 |
0.17 |
977 |
| Salt-marsh
Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
150,000 |
20,000 |
0.083 |
$10.00
|
$0.83 |
1.03 |
5,863 |
| Bandedwinged
Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Silverleaf
Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Soybean
Loopers |
1,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cabbage
Loopers |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Western
Flower Thrips |
50,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cutworms |
10,000 |
1,000 |
0.003 |
$10.00
|
$0.03 |
0.03 |
195 |
| |
| Percent
Lost |
6.98 |
|
Est.
yield/acre |
643 |
|
|
Cost/
Acre |
| |
|
Foliar
insecticide |
$16.73 |
| Total
Acres |
290,000 |
Spray
applications |
1.938 |
At
planting |
$15.45 |
| |
|
Bt
use fees |
$17.07 |
| Cost
+ loss |
$28,566,825 |
Eradication |
$5.20 |
| Total
Bales lost |
39,572 |
|
Scouting |
$4.76 |
| Bales
lost in dollars |
$11,396,700
|
Cost
+ loss/acre |
$98.51 |
Total |
$59.21 |