Table 10b Southeast Arkansas Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 450,000 450,000 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bollworm/Budworm 450,000 420,000 3.733 $9.75 $36.40 3.00 35,156
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 250,000 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.02 195
Lygus 450,000 396,000 1.760 $7.50 $13.20 1.74 20,391
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 100,000 50,000 0.111 $12.50 $1.39 0.01 78
Thrips 450,000 427,000 1.234 $6.00 $7.40 0.10 1,172
Beet Armyworm 50,000 10,000 0.022 $10.00 $0.22 0.00 13
Fall Armyworm 350,000 200,000 0.533 $10.00 $5.33 0.07 820
European Cornborer 25,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 450,000 225,000 0.500 $8.00 $4.00 1.00 11,719
Grasshoppers 100,000 5,000 0.011 $6.00 $0.07 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 150,000 7,000 0.016 $7.00 $0.11 0.00 0
Aphids 300,000 100,000 0.222 $9.00 $2.00 0.00 0
Banded Winged Whitefly 200,000 7,000 0.016 $9.00 $0.14 0.00 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Loopers 275,000 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 100,000 75,000 0.167 $5.00 $0.83 0.00 0
Percent Lost 5.93 Est. yield/acre 900   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $71.09
Total Acres 450,000 Spray applications 8.325 At planting $9.50
        Bt use fees $19.60
    Cost + loss $84,266,350 Eradication $35.00
Total Bales lost 69,544     Scouting $7.56
Bales lost in dollars $20,028,750 Cost + loss/acre $187.26 Total $142.75