Table 23e Texas Far West Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
| Boll Weevil |
35,600 |
20,000 |
0.062 |
$7.00 |
$0.43 |
0.06 |
429 |
| Bollworm/Budworm |
190,000 |
70,100 |
0.202 |
$6.50
|
$1.32 |
0.63 |
4,310 |
| Pink Bollworm |
77,000 |
33,000 |
0.259 |
$18.85
|
$4.87 |
0.09 |
644 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
145,000 |
8,000 |
0.016 |
$5.13
|
$0.08 |
0.30 |
2,056 |
| Lygus |
30,000 |
30,000 |
0.155 |
$8.00 |
$1.24 |
0.01 |
85 |
| Cotton Leaf Perforator |
20,000 |
10,000 |
0.021 |
$7.00 |
$0.14 |
0.00 |
14 |
| Spider Mites |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Thrips |
160,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.03 |
204 |
| Beet Armyworm |
200 |
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 |
26,600 |
5,000 |
0.010 |
$5.00
|
$0.05 |
0.01 |
87 |
| Grasshoppers |
2,500 |
1,500 |
0.007 |
$5.30
|
$0.04 |
0.00 |
4 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
31,500 |
500 |
0.001 |
$9.00
|
$0.01 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Banded Winged Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Silverleaf Whitefly
(Bemesia) |
30,000 |
20,000 |
0.082 |
$10.00
|
$0.82 |
0.01 |
43 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
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|
| Percent Lost |
1.15 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
413 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$9.01 |
| Total Acres |
485,000 |
|
Spray applications |
0.815 |
|
At planting |
$0.21 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$4.25 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$13,450,843 |
|
Eradication |
$8.04 |
| Total Bales lost |
7,876 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$1.55 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$2,268,268
|
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$27.73 |
|
Total |
$23.06 |
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