Texas, Southern Rolling Plains

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

474,000

40,000

0.063

$10.50

$0.67

2.26

13,331

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

610,000

60,000

0.095

$5.00

$0.48

0.97

5,719

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

630,000

5,000

0.008

$4.50

$0.04

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

1,000

100

0.000

$12.00

$0.00

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

400,000

50,000

0.119

$7.50

$0.89

0.63

3,750

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

630,000

15,000

0.024

$7.00

$0.17

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

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

3.86

Est. yield/acre

391

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$2.24

Total Acres

630,000

Spray applications

0.310

At planting

$0.08

Bt use fees

$0.87

Cost + loss

$14,961,100

Eradication

$9.50

Total Bales lost

22,800

Scouting

$0.63

Bales lost in dollars

$6,566,400

Cost + loss/acre

$23.75

Total

$13.32