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
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