Table 23f Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
| Boll Weevil |
185,000 |
150,000 |
2.247 |
$7.00 |
$15.73 |
3.23 |
11,466 |
| Bollworm/Budworm |
200,285 |
75,000 |
0.374 |
$8.00 |
$3.00 |
0.75 |
2,660 |
| Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
200,285 |
65,000 |
0.325 |
$4.50
|
$1.46 |
0.25 |
887 |
| Lygus |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Leaf Perforator |
50,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider Mites |
100,000 |
10,000 |
0.050 |
$8.50
|
$0.42 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Thrips |
200,285 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Beet Armyworm |
25,000 |
3,500 |
0.026213 |
$9.00
|
$0.235914 |
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 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
200,285 |
140,000 |
0.699 |
$6.50
|
$4.54 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Banded Winged Whitefly |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Silverleaf Whitefly
(Bemesia) |
200,285 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Loopers |
200,285 |
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 |
30,000 |
5,000 |
0.025 |
$8.50
|
$0.21 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
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|
| Percent Lost |
4.23 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
575 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$25.60 |
| Total Acres |
200,285 |
|
Spray applications |
3.746 |
|
At planting |
$1.27 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$0.72 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$10,599,954 |
|
Eradication |
$0.00 |
| Total Bales lost |
15,013 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$3.74 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$4,323,704 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$52.92 |
|
Total |
$31.34 |
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