Georgia nonBt Varieties

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

700,000

625,000

3.425

$11.00

$37.67

4.79

72,917

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

200,000

35,000

0.048

$6.00

$0.29

0.03

417

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

700,000

70,000

0.096

$5.00

$0.48

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

200,000

50,000

0.068

$10.50

$0.72

0.03

417

Fall Armyworm

100,000

10,000

0.014

$9.00

$0.12

0.01

208

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

600,000

300,000

0.411

$7.00

$2.88

0.82

12,500

Grasshoppers

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

350,000

40,000

0.055

$8.00

$0.44

0.00

73

Banded Winged Whitefly

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

25,000

5,000

0.007

$14.00

$0.10

0.01

104

Loopers

20,000

5,000

0.007

$11.00

$0.08

0.00

4

Southern Armyworms

10,000

1,000

0.001

$8.00

$0.01

0.00

2

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

5,000

1,000

0.001

$8.00

$0.01

0.00

1

Percent Lost

5.70

Est. yield/acre

600

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$42.79

Total Acres

730,000

Spray applications

4.133

At planting

$7.95

Bt use fees

$0.00

Cost + loss

$69,263,100

Eradication

$3.80

Total Bales lost

86,643

Scouting

$6.16

Bales lost in dollars

$24,953,100

Cost + loss/acre

$94.88

Total

$60.70