Tennessee 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

395,570

331,000

0.904

$9.75

$8.81

2.07

15,543

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

14,070

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

408,750

351,000

1.198

$8.50

$10.18

0.65

4,888

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

160,860

17,210

0.043

$12.40

$0.53

0.01

55

Thrips

426,330

356,010

0.972

$5.95

$5.78

1.70

12,745

Beet Armyworm

87,940

200

0.000

$10.85

$0.00

0.00

30

Fall Armyworm

41,330

575

0.001

$10.85

$0.01

0.00

21

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

395,570

129,880

0.355

$9.15

$3.24

0.99

7,433

Grasshoppers

74,630

80

0.000

$8.20

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

351,620

32,000

0.073

$8.20

$0.60

0.02

180

Banded Winged Whitefly

110,000

140

0.000

$10.20

$0.00

0.00

19

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

164,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant Bugs

145,000

880

0.002

$8.40

$0.02

0.00

25

Cutworms

44,000

246,000

0.560

$1.25

$0.70

0.00

8

Percent Lost

5.45

Est. yield/acre

729

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$29.89

Total Acres

439,520

Spray applications

4.108

At planting

$8.64

Bt use fees

$23.00

Cost + loss

$49,575,030

Eradication

$19.84

Total Bales lost

40,947

Scouting

$4.59

Bales lost in dollars

$11,792,723

Cost + loss/acre

$112.79

Total

$85.96