Table 22. Tennessee Summary
| Pest |
acres
infested |
acres
treated |
# insect appls |
Cost
of 1 applic |
cost/
acre |
%red |
Bales
lost |
| Boll
weevil |
470888 |
530888 |
0.704 |
$7.28
|
$5.12 |
0.20 |
2,253 |
| Bollworm/budworm |
465,649 |
93,800 |
0.154 |
$11.24
|
$1.73 |
0.55 |
6,262 |
| Pink
Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton
Fleahopper |
10,000 |
2,000 |
0.002 |
$9.00
|
0.01 |
0.01 |
89 |
| Lygus |
536,303 |
373,185 |
0.932 |
$8.94
|
$8.33 |
0.93 |
10,507 |
| Cotton
Leafperforator |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider
Mites |
271,000 |
53,250 |
0.088 |
$12.27
|
$1.07 |
0.00 |
50 |
| Thrips,
early season |
536,303 |
467,203 |
0.768 |
$6.76
|
$5.19 |
0.22 |
2,549 |
| Beet
Armyworm |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Fall
Armyworm |
79,600 |
29,000 |
0.027 |
$14.23
|
$0.39 |
0.00 |
27 |
| European
Corn Borer |
9,080 |
500 |
0.000 |
$12.00
|
$0.00 |
0.00 |
2 |
| Stink
Bugs |
526,846 |
406,869 |
0.899 |
$9.64
|
$8.67 |
1.33 |
15,093 |
| Grasshoppers |
122,387 |
20,000 |
0.016 |
$8.00
|
$0.13 |
0.00 |
17 |
| Salt-marsh
Caterpillars |
73,637 |
200 |
0.000 |
$11.00
|
$0.00 |
0.01 |
83 |
| Aphids |
486,679 |
152,300 |
0.250 |
$12.20
|
$3.06 |
0.01 |
98 |
| Bandedwinged
Whitefly |
205,238 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
17 |
| Silverleaf
Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Soybean
Loopers |
120,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cabbage
Loopers |
135,550 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
1 |
| Western
Flower Thrips |
200,800 |
180,000 |
0.148 |
$10.25
|
$1.52 |
0.01 |
80 |
| Cutworms |
188,786 |
273,883 |
0.245 |
$6.77
|
$1.66 |
0.01 |
60 |
| |
| Percent
Lost |
3.28 |
|
Est.
yield/acre |
762 |
|
|
Cost/
Acre |
| |
|
Foliar
insecticide |
$36.90 |
| Total
Acres |
608,000 |
Spray
applications |
4.235 |
At
planting |
$7.79 |
| |
|
Bt
use fees |
$18.98 |
| Cost
+ loss |
$63,032,616 |
Eradication |
$19.14 |
| Total
Bales lost |
37,187 |
|
Scouting |
$3.24 |
| Bales
lost in dollars |
$10,709,900
|
Cost
+ loss/acre |
$103.67 |
Total |
$86.06 |