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 |
|
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|
|
| 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 |
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