Table 23b Texas Lower Coastal Bend Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 15,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bollworm/Budworm 446,684 348,413 1.560 $10.20 $15.91 3.00 27,918
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 446,684 424,350 2.185 $6.39 $13.96 2.00 18,612
Lygus 29,000 5,000 0.011 $7.00 $0.08 0.00 0
Cotton Leaf Perforator 50,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 25,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Thrips 223,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Beet Armyworm 24,000 5,000 0.011 $12.00 $0.13 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 34,000 2,000 0.004 $9.00 $0.04 0.00 0
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 245,676 98,270 0.220 $7.00 $1.54 0.00 0
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 375,000 80,403 0.180 $7.55 $1.36 0.00 0
Banded Winged Whitefly 3,000 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 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 402,000 67,000 0.150 $7.50 $1.12 0.00 0
Percent Lost 5.00 Est. yield/acre 789   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $34.15
Total Acres 446,684 Spray applications 4.322 At planting $1.36
        Bt use fees $3.22
    Cost + loss $43,153,332 Eradication $23.14
Total Bales lost 46,530     Scouting $4.73
Bales lost in dollars $13,400,520 Cost + loss/acre $96.61 Total $66.61