Table 16b Mississippi Hills Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

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 400,000 220,000 0.605 $9.00 $5.45 1.30 13,000
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 30,000 500 0.001 $7.50 0.01 0.04 375
Lygus 330,000 170,000 0.553 $7.80 $4.31 1.16 11,550
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 300,000 20,000 0.070 $11.90 $0.83 0.08 750
Thrips 400,000 150,000 0.450 $4.90 $2.21 0.20 2,000
Beet Armyworm 40,000 1,200 0.003 $9.00 $0.03 0.06 600
Fall Armyworm 130,000 60,000 0.195 $9.10 $1.77 0.16 1,625
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 400,000 190,000 0.618 $7.40 $4.57 1.35 13,500
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 20,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 400,000 20,000 0.050 $7.90 $0.40 0.23 2,300
Banded Winged Whitefly 120,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 10,000 500 0.003 $9.50 $0.02 0.06 625
Loopers 90,000 8,000 0.020 $9.10 $0.18 0.05 450
Southern Armyworms 50,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Other Insects 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cutworms 200,000 100,000 0.250 $1.90 $0.48 0.05 450
Percent Lost 4.72 Est. yield/acre 850   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $20.25
Total Acres 400,000 Spray applications 2.817 At planting $7.76
        Bt use fees $23.80
    Cost + loss $41,224,250 Eradication $12.00
Total Bales lost 47,225     Scouting $5.25
Bales lost in dollars $13,600,800 Cost + loss/acre $103.06 Total $69.06