Table 19b North Carolina nonBt 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 215,000 214,000 2.986 $7.15 $21.35 3.96 20,079
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 215,000 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.00 0
Lygus 215,000 15,000 0.070 $5.90 $0.41 0.30 1,521
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 20,000 200 0.001 $13.00 $0.01 0.00 0
Thrips 215,000 129,000 0.600 $5.90 $3.54 0.20 1,014
Beet Armyworm 2,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 3,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
European Cornborer 107,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 215,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.60 3,042
Grasshoppers 10,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 115,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 215,000 10,000 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Banded Winged Whitefly 8,000 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 1,000 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 20,000 10,000 0.047 $3.50 $0.16 0.00 0
Percent Lost 5.06 Est. yield/acre 575   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $25.48
Total Acres 215,000 Spray applications 3.703 At planting $11.39
        Bt use fees $0.00
    Cost + loss $17,493,267 Eradication $3.75
Total Bales lost 25,656     Scouting $6.38
Bales lost in dollars $7,389,017 Cost + loss/acre $81.36 Total $47.00