South 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

60,000

50,000

3.333

$8.00

$26.67

6.00

6,000

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

13,500

4,500

0.150

$12.00

$1.80

0.00

0

Thrips

90,000

15,000

0.375

$6.00

$2.25

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

45,000

12,000

0.400

$13.00

$5.20

1.50

1,500

Fall Armyworm

27,000

3,000

0.050

$13.00

$0.65

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

50,000

30,000

0.500

$8.00

$4.00

1.67

1,667

Grasshoppers

20,000

5,000

0.167

$7.00

$1.17

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

80,000

7,500

0.250

$8.50

$2.13

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

2,000

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

3,000

500

0.008

$8.00

$0.07

0.00

0

Percent Lost

9.17

Est. yield/acre

325

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$43.93

Total Acres

60,000

Spray applications

5.233

At planting

$22.67

Bt use fees

$0.00

Cost + loss

$7,754,500

Eradication

$8.03

Total Bales lost

9,167

Scouting

$10.63

Bales lost in dollars

$2,640,000

Cost + loss/acre

$129.24

Total

$85.24