Table 23 Texas Summary Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
| Boll Weevil |
1,028,588 |
460,386 |
0.234 |
$6.11
|
$1.43 |
0.19 |
18,268 |
| Bollworm/Budworm |
2,784,957 |
775,013 |
0.255 |
$9.77
|
$2.49 |
0.70 |
67,140 |
| Pink Bollworm |
252,000 |
63,000 |
0.052 |
$14.89
|
$0.77 |
0.02 |
1,530 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
3,575,957 |
968,890 |
0.369 |
$6.46
|
$2.38 |
0.66 |
63,386 |
| Lygus |
644,000 |
71,500 |
0.025 |
$7.77
|
$0.19 |
0.01 |
766 |
| Cotton Leaf Perforator |
160,000 |
10,000 |
0.002 |
$7.00 |
$0.01 |
0.00 |
14 |
| Spider Mites |
167,000 |
11,300 |
0.002 |
$9.12
|
$0.02 |
0.00 |
3 |
| Thrips |
4,142,183 |
348,942 |
0.074 |
$5.79
|
$0.43 |
0.22 |
20,847 |
| Beet Armyworm |
328,200 |
34,500 |
0.008 |
$11.74 |
$0.09 |
0.00 |
75 |
| Fall Armyworm |
99,500 |
34,500 |
0.007 |
$10.62 |
$0.08 |
0.00 |
0 |
| European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Stink Bugs |
674,264 |
195,270 |
0.041 |
$6.95
|
$0.29 |
0.00 |
92 |
| Grasshoppers |
1,044,500 |
92,300 |
0.024 |
$8.50 |
$0.20 |
0.04 |
3,545 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
2,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
3,326,785 |
319,903 |
0.067 |
$7.37 |
$0.50 |
0.06 |
5,703 |
| Banded Winged Whitefly |
7,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Silverleaf Whitefly
(Bemesia) |
230,285 |
20,000 |
0.008 |
$10.00
|
$0.08 |
0.00 |
43 |
| Loopers |
279,285 |
10,000 |
0.002 |
$8.70
|
$0.02 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Southern Armyworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Darkling Beetle |
211,660 |
10,660 |
0.002 |
$8.64 |
$0.02 |
0.00 |
275 |
| Cutworms |
522,000 |
92,000 |
0.019 |
$7.55 |
$0.15 |
0.00 |
0 |
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|
| Percent Lost |
1.90 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
466 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$9.15 |
| Total Acres |
4,740,867 |
|
Spray applications |
1.192 |
|
At planting |
$2.00 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$3.15 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$176,267,080 |
|
Eradication |
$10.04 |
| Total Bales lost |
181,687 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$1.80 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$52,325,726
|
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$37.18 |
|
Total |
$26.14 |
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