Table 10 Arkansas Summary Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 500,000 500,000 2.000 $6.00 $12.00 0.30 3,438
Bollworm/Budworm 500,000 450,000 1.800 $9.75 $17.55 2.00 22,917
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 100,000 20,000 0.040 $7.50 0.30 0.01 115
Lygus 500,000 400,000 2.000 $7.50 $15.00 2.00 22,917
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 250,000 100,000 0.200 $12.00 $2.40 0.05 573
Thrips 500,000 475,000 0.950 $6.00 $5.70 0.30 3,438
Beet Armyworm 25,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 450,000 300,000 0.900 $10.00 $9.00 0.68 7,838
European Cornborer 20,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 500,000 100,000 0.200 $8.00 $1.60 0.25 2,865
Grasshoppers 50,000 1,000 0.002 $6.00 $0.01 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 100,000 5,000 0.010 $7.00 $0.07 0.00 0
Aphids 300,000 100,000 0.200 $9.00 $1.80 0.00 0
Banded Winged Whitefly 150,000 5,000 0.010 $9.00 $0.09 0.00 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Loopers 175,000 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 150,000 100,000 0.200 $5.00 $1.00 0.02 172
Percent Lost 5.61 Est. yield/acre 850   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $66.52
Total Acres 500,000 Spray applications 8.512 At planting $9.00
        Bt use fees $17.60
    Cost + loss $77,220,700 Eradication $18.00
Total Bales lost 64,270     Scouting $6.30
Bales lost in dollars $18,509,700 Cost + loss/acre $154.44 Total $117.42