South 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

140,000

165,000

1.768

$8.00

$14.14

2.00

4,900

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

100,000

5,000

0.054

$7.00

$0.38

0.71

1,750

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

30,000

10,500

0.150

$12.00

$1.80

0.00

0

Thrips

210,000

20,000

0.214

$6.00

$1.29

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

100,000

40,000

0.571

$13.00

$7.43

0.71

1,750

Fall Armyworm

42,000

5,000

0.036

$13.00

$0.46

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

125,000

85,000

1.214

$8.00

$9.71

2.68

6,563

Grasshoppers

50,000

25,000

0.357

$7.00

$2.50

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

190,000

10,000

0.143

$8.50

$1.21

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

10,000

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

10,000

1,000

0.007

$8.00

$0.06

0.00

0

Percent Lost

6.11

Est. yield/acre

325

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$38.98

Total Acres

140,000

Spray applications

4.514

At planting

$16.00

Bt use fees

$20.50

Cost + loss

$16,675,700

Eradication

$5.35

Total Bales lost

14,963

Scouting

$7.50

Bales lost in dollars

$4,309,200

Cost + loss/acre

$119.11

Total

$88.33