Texas Summary

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

831,312

368,000

0.350

$6.46

$2.26

0.42

36,639

Bollworm/Budworm

3,677,947

1,289,873

0.282

$9.15

$2.58

0.81

71,802

Pink Bollworm

49,500

22,675

0.012

$18.61

$0.23

0.00

210

Cotton Fleahopper

2,797,202

712,434

0.185

$4.12

$0.76

0.19

16,817

Lygus

960,654

90,925

0.020

$8.74

$0.18

0.02

1,501

Cotton Leaf Perforator

192,881

2,000

0.000

$11.00

$0.00

0.00

9

Spider Mites

215,500

10,350

0.002

$9.12

$0.02

0.00

15

Thrips

4,971,446

410,012

0.086

$4.67

$0.40

0.41

35,912

Beet Armyworm

836,900

202,100

0.046

$12.81

$0.59

0.05

4,397

Fall Armyworm

507,110

75,050

0.014

$12.75

$0.18

0.01

891

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

266,200

139,659

0.027

$6.75

$0.18

0.05

4,070

Grasshoppers

1,535,500

271,500

0.075

$8.75

$0.65

0.07

5,979

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

25,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

1

Aphids

3,710,162

552,680

0.105

$7.87

$0.82

0.07

6,081

Banded Winged Whitefly

464,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

185,000

10,000

0.002

$11.60

$0.03

0.00

13

Loopers

271,680

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

19

Southern Armyworms

12,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

19

Other Insects

239,245

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

100,892

10,784

0.002

$7.22

$0.01

0.00

0

Percent Lost

2.09

Est. yield/acre

507

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$8.91

Total Acres

5,281,400

Spray applications

1.208

At planting

$1.67

Bt use fees

$1.83

Cost + loss

$174,752,935

Eradication

$8.99

Total Bales lost

184,375

Scouting

$1.64

Bales lost in dollars

$53,099,949

Cost + loss/acre

$33.09

Total

$23.03