Table 18 New Mexico Summary 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 26,000 8,000 0.166 $18.00 $2.99 0.54 520
Pink Bollworm 4,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.25 240
Cotton Fleahopper 0 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.00 0
Lygus 11,000 2,300 0.048 $7.00 $0.33 0.18 176
Cotton Leaf Perforator 700 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Thrips 7,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.02 22
Beet Armyworm 600 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 9,000 300 0.006 $18.00 $0.11 0.19 180
Grasshoppers 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 900 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Banded Winged Whitefly 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Loopers 0 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 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Percent Lost 1.18 Est. yield/acre 860   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $3.44
Total Acres 48,172 Spray applications 0.220 At planting $1.92
        Bt use fees $8.30
    Cost + loss $2,050,504 Eradication $18.00
Total Bales lost 1,138     Scouting $4.11
Bales lost in dollars $327,658 Cost + loss/acre $42.57 Total $35.76