Table 23g Texas Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
| Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
| Boll Weevil |
90,000 |
90,000 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Bollworm/Budworm |
483,000 |
23,000 |
0.035 |
$10.00
|
$0.35 |
0.74 |
4,528 |
| Pink Bollworm |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Fleahopper |
603,000 |
95,000 |
0.145 |
$7.50
|
$1.09 |
1.39 |
8,480 |
| Lygus |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cotton Leaf Perforator |
40,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Spider Mites |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Thrips |
603,000 |
20,000 |
0.031 |
$5.00 |
$0.15 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Beet Armyworm |
60,000 |
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 |
200,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Grasshoppers |
160,000 |
30,000 |
0.055 |
$8.50
|
$0.47 |
0.06 |
375 |
| Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Aphids |
653,000 |
8,000 |
0.012 |
$7.00
|
$0.09 |
0.15 |
918 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Southern Armyworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Darkling Beetles |
160 |
160 |
0.000 |
$7.00
|
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| Cutworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
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|
| Percent Lost |
2.34 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
314 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$2.15 |
| Total Acres |
653,000 |
|
Spray applications |
0.279 |
|
At planting |
$0.35 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$1.38 |
| |
|
|
Cost + loss |
$13,457,339 |
|
Eradication |
$9.50 |
| Total Bales lost |
14,301 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$0.92 |
| Bales lost in dollars |
$4,118,719 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$20.61 |
|
Total |
$14.30 |
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