Texas, Lower Rio Grande Valley

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

223,245

75,000

1.344

$7.75

$10.41

1.75

6,511

Bollworm/Budworm

223,245

30,000

0.269

$10.50

$2.82

0.20

744

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

200,000

50,000

0.224

$6.50

$1.46

0.04

167

Lygus

0

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

50,000

10,000

0.045

$9.00

$0.40

0.00

0

Thrips

150,000

10,000

0.045

$6.50

$0.29

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000000

N/A

$0.000000

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

223,245

40,000

0.179

$8.50

$1.52

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

175,000

5,000

0.022

$12.50

$0.28

0.00

0

Loopers

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Western Flower Thrips

223,245

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

1.99

Est. yield/acre

203

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$17.19

Total Acres

223,245

Spray applications

2.128

At planting

$1.68

Bt use fees

$0.67

Cost + loss

$7,400,073

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

7,422

Scouting

$4.03

Bales lost in dollars

$2,137,573

Cost + loss/acre

$33.15

Total

$23.57