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 |
|
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|
| 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 |
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