Table 9 Arizona 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 0.000 0
Bollworm/Budworm 108,102 12,309 0.054 $13.59 $0.73 0.130 881
Pink Bollworm 185,312 36,113 0.420 $15.31 $6.43 0.610 4,145
Cotton Fleahopper 152,509 22,042 0.059 $10.50 0.62 0.134 909
Lygus 199,024 177,997 1.962 $17.40 $34.15 3.475 23,602
Cotton Leaf Perforator 59,473 3,151 0.014 $15.00 $0.21 0.005 33
Spider Mites 55,139 22,186 0.102 $17.95 $1.83 0.037 251
Thrips 170,211 33,150 0.131 $9.78 $1.29 0.154 1,047
Beet Armyworm 99,313 17,040 0.068 $12.36 $0.84 0.060 405
Fall Armyworm 18,614 1,289 0.002 $10.00 $0.02 0.000 2
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 110,720 27,468 0.105 $13.10 $1.37 0.144 977
Grasshoppers 4,303 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 30,804 191 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.001 5
Aphids 13,281 774 0.004 $12.00 $0.05 0.000 3
Banded Winged Whitefly 77,567 2,578 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 199,839 169,858 1.318 $27.53 $36.28 0.991 6,732
Loopers 63,660 628 0.001 $15.00 $0.02 0.006 44
Western Yellowstriped Armyworm 2,628 293 0.000 $15.00 $0.01 0.000 0
Striped Flea Beetle 195,000 3,500 0.008 $12.00 $0.10 0.000 0
Darkling Beetles 4,000 1,000 0.002 $12.00 $0.03 0.000 0
Percent Lost 5.75 Est. yield/acre 1,225   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $83.96
Total Acres 206,250 Spray applications 4.251 At planting $1.21
        Bt use fees $23.52
    Cost + loss $35,582,521 Eradication $1.78
Total Bales lost 39,035     Scouting $7.54
Bales lost in dollars $11,242,126 Cost + loss/acre $172.52 Total $118.01