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
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