Table 22b Tennesse nonBT=t 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 |
81,600 |
61,200 |
1.050 |
$9.25
|
$9.71 |
6.15 |
8,887 |
| Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
1,760 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Lygus |
81,600 |
61,765 |
1.060 |
$8.25
|
$8.74 |
0.50 |
723 |
| Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider Mites |
31,000 |
2,640 |
0.036 |
$12.40
|
$0.44 |
0.01 |
16 |
| Thrips |
81,600 |
28,160 |
0.345 |
$5.95
|
$2.05 |
0.50 |
723 |
| Beet Armyworm |
2,500 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Fall Armyworm |
40,800 |
5,280 |
0.065 |
$9.00
|
$0.58 |
0.23 |
325 |
| European Cornborer |
1,300 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
1 |
| Stink Bugs |
81,600 |
52,800 |
0.712 |
$8.00
|
$5.69 |
1.00 |
1,445 |
| Grasshoppers |
3,500 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
62,000 |
350 |
0.004 |
$8.20
|
$0.04 |
0.01 |
11 |
| Banded Winged Whitefly |
17,600 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
3 |
| Silverleaf Whitefly
(Bemesia) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Loopers |
7,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Southern Armyworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Clouded Plant Bugs |
55,400 |
51,000 |
0.875 |
$8.50
|
$7.44 |
0.68 |
981 |
| Cutworms |
3,560 |
54,560 |
0.669 |
$1.25
|
$0.84 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Percent Lost |
9.08 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
739 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$35.53 |
| Total Acres |
81,600 |
|
Spray applications |
4.815 |
|
At planting |
$8.46 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$0.00 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$9,478,495 |
|
Eradication |
$21.33 |
| Total Bales lost |
13,115 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$4.55 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$3,777,014 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$116.16 |
|
Total |
$69.87 |
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