Texas, Southern Blacklands

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

62,000

62,000

11.000

$4.25

$46.75

0.30

291

Bollworm/Budworm

12,000

8,000

0.323

$14.00

$4.52

0.68

656

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

58,000

55,000

1.331

$6.00

$7.98

2.15

2,084

Lygus

6,000

650

0.010

$7.00

$0.07

0.02

19

Cotton Leaf Perforator

6,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

9

Spider Mites

3,500

250

0.004

$12.00

$0.05

0.01

11

Thrips

56,000

54,000

1.306

$3.50

$4.57

0.72

700

Beet Armyworm

5,000

1,500

0.048

$18.00

$0.87

0.01

8

Fall Armyworm

1,000

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

1,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

2,500

1,500

0.048

$6.50

$0.31

0.00

4

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

1

Aphids

56,000

22,000

0.355

$7.00

$2.48

0.36

350

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

12,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.02

19

Southern Armyworms

12,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.02

19

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

4.30

Est. yield/acre

624

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$67.61

Total Acres

62,000

Spray applications

14.426

At planting

$5.08

Bt use fees

$13.94

Cost + loss

$7,912,350

Eradication

$19.50

Total Bales lost

4,170

Scouting

$2.12

Bales lost in dollars

$1,201,050

Cost + loss/acre

$127.62

Total

$108.25