Table 8 Alabama Summary Cotton Insect Lossese 2003
Pest acres infested acres treated  # insect appls Cost of 1 applic cost/ acre %red Bales lost
Boll Weevil 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Bollworm/Budworm 570,000 120,000 0.221 $7.30 $1.61 2.57 33,949
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cotton Fleahopper 90,000 0 0.000 N/A 0.00 0.00 0
Lygus 570,000 210,000 0.565 $5.83 $3.29 1.14 15,112
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 180,000 85,000 0.164 $9.80 $1.61 0.81 10,725
Thrips 570,000 95,000 0.182 $4.34 $0.79 0.00 0
Beet Armyworm 35,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Fall Armyworm 220,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.21 2,844
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Stink Bugs 549,000 211,000 0.688 $6.83 $4.70 2.01 26,656
Grasshoppers 33,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Aphids 570,000 32,000 0.061 $9.34 $0.57 0.12 1,564
Banded Winged Whitefly 11,000 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 60,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Southern Armyworms 199,000 4,000 0.007 $7.75 $0.05 0.00 0
Leaf Footed Bug 50,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Cutworms 45,000 78,000 0.137 $3.37 $0.46 0.00 0
Percent Lost 6.86 Est. yield/acre 771   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $13.09
Total Acres 570,000 Spray applications 2.025 At planting $11.90
        Bt use fees $17.07
    Cost + loss $55,305,240 Eradication $5.00
Total Bales lost 90,850     Scouting $4.06
Bales lost in dollars $26,164,890 Cost + loss/acre $97.03 Total $51.12