North Carolina 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

305,000

285,000

2.336

$7.85

$18.34

3.00

15,326

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

305,000

1,500

0.005

$5.00

$0.02

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

1,000

0.003

$13.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Thrips

305,000

302,000

0.891

$4.80

$4.28

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

260,000

33,500

0.110

$11.00

$1.21

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

305,000

1,000

0.003

$7.00

$0.02

0.30

1,533

Grasshoppers

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

305,000

12,000

0.039

$11.50

$0.45

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

15,000

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

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

76,000

1,000

0.003

$4.95

$0.02

0.00

0

Percent Lost

3.30

Est. yield/acre

402

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$24.38

Total Acres

305,000

Spray applications

3.391

At planting

$10.82

Bt use fees

$0.00

Cost + loss

$18,573,321

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

16,859

Scouting

$6.02

Bales lost in dollars

$4,855,356

Cost + loss/acre

$60.90

Total

$44.98