Table 23h Texas Northern Blackland Cotton Insect Lossese 2003

Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 51,000 50,000 1.385 $8.00 $11.08 1.65 1,339
Bollworm/Budworm 30,000 3,000 0.046 $10.00 $0.46 0.97 788
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 60,000 57,000 1.315 $5.50 $7.23 2.77 2,250
Lygus 12,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.02 15
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 2,000 1,000 0.015 $11.50 $0.18 0.00 3
Thrips 65,000 64,000 0.985 $5.75 $5.66 1.50 1,219
Beet Armyworm 0 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 4,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.01 5
Grasshoppers 7,000 800 0.012 $7.00 $0.09 0.01 9
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 9,000 3,000 0.046 $7.00 $0.32 0.03 23
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
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 6.95 Est. yield/acre 500   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $25.02
Total Acres 65,000 Spray applications 3.805 At planting $0.01
        Bt use fees $5.82
    Cost + loss $3,852,348 Eradication $0.00
Total Bales lost 5,649     Scouting $3.39
Bales lost in dollars $1,626,840 Cost + loss/acre $59.27 Total $34.24