Arizona 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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

49,350

141

0.000

$13.63

$0.00

0.011

52

Pink Bollworm

133,950

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

126,900

2,820

0.010

$8.00

0.08

0.000

0

Lygus

139,590

91,650

1.040

$16.00

$16.64

2.871

14,253

Cotton Leaf Perforator

14,100

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Spider Mites

42,300

7,050

0.045

$16.38

$0.74

0.030

149

Thrips

14,100

7,050

0.025

$9.80

$0.25

0.005

25

Beet Armyworm

42,300

4,230

0.012

$11.80

$0.14

0.030

149

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

56,400

705

0.003

$13.80

$0.03

0.040

199

Grasshoppers

70,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

42,300

14,100

0.100

$16.80

$1.68

0.030

149

Aphids

21,150

1,410

0.010

$14.80

$0.15

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

77,550

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

139,590

119,850

1.105

$28.57

$31.57

0.495

2,457

Loopers

42,300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Yellowstriped Armyworms

14,100

4,230

0.012

$11.80

$0.14

0.010

50

Cutworms

1,410

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Percent Lost

3.52

Est. yield/acre

1,340

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$51.42

Total Acres

141,000

Spray applications

2.362

At planting

$0.20

Bt use fees

$31.90

Cost + loss

$18,217,175

Eradication

$1.78

Total Bales lost

17,482

Scouting

$8.19

Bales lost in dollars

$5,034,829

Cost + loss/acre

$129.20

Total

$93.49