Table 9a Arizona Bt 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 75,583 1,938 0.013 $10.50 $0.13 0.069 346
Pink Bollworm 136,937 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.030 149
Cotton Fleahopper 115,052 17,065 0.062 $10.50 0.65 0.137 686
Lygus 149,641 131,512 1.983 $17.40 $34.51 3.647 18,332
Cotton Leaf Perforator 41,620 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Spider Mites 40,042 14,845 0.092 $17.95 $1.66 0.034 173
Thrips 124,859 24,344 0.129 $9.14 $1.18 0.138 695
Beet Armyworm 73,578 7,943 0.032 $11.30 $0.36 0.049 245
Fall Armyworm 14,247 953 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 81,381 20,021 0.102 $12.94 $1.33 0.143 719
Grasshoppers 3,319 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 22,374 191 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Aphids 8,578 572 0.004 $12.00 $0.05 0.000 2
Banded Winged Whitefly 57,915 1,906 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 149,588 127,814 1.341 $27.53 $36.92 0.994 4,994
Loopers 46,887 191 0.000 $15.00 $0.00 0.000 0
Western Yellowstriped Armyworm 1,956 125 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Striped Flea Beetle 145,000 2,500 0.008 $12.00 $0.10 0.000 0
Darkling Beetles 3,000 500 0.002 $12.00 $0.02 0.000 0
Percent Lost 5.24 Est. yield/acre 1,223   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $76.91
Total Acres 152,500 Spray applications 3.769 At planting $1.34
        Bt use fees $31.81
    Cost + loss $25,766,922 Eradication $1.78
Total Bales lost 26,342     Scouting $7.38
Bales lost in dollars $7,586,441 Cost + loss/acre $168.96 Total $119.22