Table 23c Texas Northern Rolling Plains 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 |
150,000 |
7,000 |
0.019 |
$10.25
|
$0.20 |
0.08 |
313 |
| Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
340,000 |
10,000 |
0.028 |
$6.50
|
$0.18 |
1.70 |
6,375 |
| Lygus |
0 |
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 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Thrips |
360,000 |
6,000 |
0.017 |
$4.50
|
$0.08 |
0.10 |
375 |
| Beet Armyworm |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Fall Armyworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Stink Bugs |
15,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Grasshoppers |
200,000 |
25,000 |
0.097 |
$7.75
|
$0.75 |
0.14 |
521 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
250,000 |
2,000 |
0.006 |
$7.75
|
$0.04 |
0.07 |
260 |
| 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 |
| Darkling Beetles |
1,500 |
500 |
0.001 |
$7.00
|
$0.01 |
0.00 |
2 |
| Cutworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
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|
|
| Percent Lost |
2.09 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
285 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$1.26 |
| Total Acres |
360,000 |
|
Spray applications |
0.168 |
|
At planting |
$0.73 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$1.67 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$7,382,700 |
|
Eradication |
$10.30 |
| Total Bales lost |
7,845 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$0.28 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$2,259,450 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$20.51 |
|
Total |
$14.23 |
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