Louisiana: nonBt Varieties

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

82154

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

113,160

101,844

4.230

$16.23

$68.65

3.00

7,426

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

5,205

1,736

0.008

$8.75

0.07

0.00

11

Lygus

104,932

93,562

1.488

$9.75

$14.51

2.32

5,738

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

37,337

9,857

0.174

$15.50

$2.70

0.05

123

Thrips

107,422

71,650

0.633

$7.50

$4.75

0.14

352

Beet Armyworm

51,488

34,327

0.152

$10.75

$1.63

0.09

225

Fall Armyworm

33,949

5,208

0.023

$10.75

$0.25

0.02

37

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

113,160

113,160

0.372

$10.75

$4.00

0.25

619

Grasshoppers

37,682

5,688

0.050

$11.25

$0.57

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

27,784

303

0.001

$10.25

$0.01

0.00

0

Aphids

93,359

93,359

1.238

$11.12

$13.76

0.04

102

Banded Winged Whitefly

22,632

8,204

0.072

$10.53

$0.76

0.01

25

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

75,479

46,962

0.415

$10.63

$4.41

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

15,910

56,581

0.500

$5.75

$2.88

0.00

0

Percent Lost

5.92

Est. yield/acre

700

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$118.95

Total Acres

113,160

Spray applications

9.357

At planting

$6.19

Bt use fees

$0.00

Cost + loss

$23,153,191

Eradication

$35.00

Total Bales lost

14,659

Scouting

$7.16

Bales lost in dollars

$4,221,812

Cost + loss/acre

$204.61

Total

$167.30