Table 8a North Alabama 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 0.000 0
Bollworm/Budworm 231,000 60,000 0.286 $7.80 $2.23 3.500 21,897
Pink Bollworm 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Cotton Fleahopper 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Lygus 231,000 160,000 1.177 $5.80 $6.83 1.300 8,133
Cotton Leaf Perforator 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.00 0
Spider Mites 180,000 85,000 0.405 $9.80 $3.97 1.714 10,725
Thrips 231,000 90,000 0.429 $4.30 $1.84 0.000 0
Beet Armyworm 35,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Fall Armyworm 210,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.455 2,844
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 210,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Grasshoppers 3,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 231,000 30,000 0.143 $9.30 $1.33 0.250 1,564
Banded Winged Whitefly 10,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Loopers 50,000 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Southern Armyworms 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Other Insects 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Cutworms 35,000 60,000 0.260 $3.50 $0.91 0.000 0
Percent Lost 7.22 Est. yield/acre 790   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $17.11
Total Acres 231,000 Spray applications 2.699 At planting $12.45
        Bt use fees $14.34
    Cost + loss $25,380,190 Eradication $5.00
Total Bales lost 45,163     Scouting $4.68
Bales lost in dollars $13,006,890 Cost + loss/acre $109.87 Total $53.56