North Carolina Bt 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

645,000

516,000

0.880

$7.20

$6.34

0.60

7,095

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

645,000

13,000

0.020

$5.00

$0.10

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

120,000

2,400

0.004

$13.00

$0.05

0.00

0

Thrips

645,000

641,000

1.391

$4.80

$6.68

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

387,000

39,000

0.060

$11.00

$0.67

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

65,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

645,000

32,000

0.050

$7.00

$0.35

0.20

2,365

Grasshoppers

130,000

1,000

0.002

$9.50

$0.01

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

320,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

645,000

34,000

0.053

$11.50

$0.61

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

35,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

15,000

3,000

0.005

$9.70

$0.05

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

160,000

2,500

0.004

$4.95

$0.02

0.00

0

Percent Lost

0.80

Est. yield/acre

440

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$14.86

Total Acres

645,000

Spray applications

2.468

At planting

$9.44

Bt use fees

$19.25

Cost + loss

$36,931,645

Eradication

$3.90

Total Bales lost

9,460

Scouting

$5.58

Bales lost in dollars

$2,724,480

Cost + loss/acre

$57.26

Total

$53.03