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 |
|
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|
|
| 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 |
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