Table 23d Texas Hign Plains Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 371,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bollworm/Budworm 1,080,000 150,000 0.067 $9.00 $0.60 0.19 11,250
Pink Bollworm 170,000 30,000 0.053 $10.75 $0.57 0.02 885
Cotton Fleahopper 1,500,000 65,000 0.029 $5.50 $0.16 0.20 11,719
Lygus 500,000 5,000 0.002 $9.75 $0.02 0.01 651
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 3,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Thrips 2,249,910 70,000 0.031 $5.25 $0.16 0.20 11,718
Beet Armyworm 115,000 6,000 0.003 $11.75 $0.03 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 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Grasshoppers 675,000 35,000 0.017 $9.50 $0.16 0.05 2,637
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 1,700,000 55,000 0.024 $9.25 $0.23 0.08 4,427
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 40,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Southern Armyworms 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Darkling Beetle 210,000 10,000 0.004 $8.75 $0.04 0.00 273
Cutworms 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Percent Lost 0.74 Est. yield/acre 449   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $1.98
Total Acres 2,249,910 Spray applications 0.231 At planting $2.71
        Bt use fees $2.60
    Cost + loss $49,159,820 Eradication $7.93
Total Bales lost 43,561     Scouting $1.06
Bales lost in dollars $12,545,490 Cost + loss/acre $21.85 Total $16.27