Table 21b South 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 61,000 61,000 4.000 $8.00 $32.00 8.00 10,167
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 6,000 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.00 0
Lygus 30,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 2,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Thrips 55,000 8,000 0.131 $6.00 $0.79 0.00 0
Beet Armyworm 2,000 300 0.010 $13.00 $0.13 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 800 100 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 30,000 10,000 0.328 $8.50 $2.79 0.98 1,250
Grasshoppers 4,000 200 0.007 $8.00 $0.05 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 30,000 2,000 0.033 $10.00 $0.33 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 1,000 50 0.001 $8.00 $0.01 0.00 0
Percent Lost 8.98 Est. yield/acre 800   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $36.09
Total Acres 61,000 Spray applications 4.509 At planting $13.11
        Bt use fees $0.00
    Cost + loss $6,945,900 Eradication $4.00
Total Bales lost 11,417     Scouting $6.76
Bales lost in dollars $3,288,000 Cost + loss/acre $113.87 Total $59.97