Table 9b Arizona nonBt 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 32,519 10,371 0.170 $14.25 $2.42 0.303 535
Pink Bollworm 48,375 36,113 1.612 $15.31 $24.69 2.264 3,996
Cotton Fleahopper 37,457 4,977 0.051 $10.50 0.53 0.126 223
Lygus 49,383 46,485 1.903 $17.40 $33.11 2.986 5,270
Cotton Leaf Perforator 17,853 3,151 0.054 $15.00 $0.81 0.019 33
Spider Mites 15,097 7,341 0.130 $17.95 $2.33 0.044 78
Thrips 45,352 8,806 0.138 $11.50 $1.58 0.199 351
Beet Armyworm 25,735 9,097 0.169 $12.94 $2.19 0.090 160
Fall Armyworm 4,367 336 0.006 $10.00 $0.06 0.001 2
European Cornborer 0 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Stink Bugs 29,339 7,447 0.112 $13.50 $1.52 0.146 258
Grasshoppers 984 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Saltmarsh Caterpillars 8,430 0 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.003 5
Aphids 4,703 202 0.004 $12.00 $0.05 0.001 1
Banded Winged Whitefly 19,652 672 0.000 N/A $0.00 0.000 0
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) 50,251 42,044 1.252 $27.53 $34.45 0.984 1,737
Loopers 16,773 437 0.004 $15.00 $0.06 0.025 44
Western Yellowstriped Armyworm 672 168 0.002 $15.00 $0.02 0.000 0
Striped Flea Beetle 50,000 1,000 0.009 $12.00 $0.11 0.000 0
Darkling Beetles 1,000 500 0.005 $12.00 $0.06 0.000 0
Percent Lost 7.19 Est. yield/acre 1,229   Cost/ Acre
        Foliar insecticide $103.99
Total Acres 53,750 Spray applications 5.620 At planting $0.84
        Bt use fees $0.00
    Cost + loss $9,815,599 Eradication $1.78
Total Bales lost 12,693     Scouting $7.99
Bales lost in dollars $3,655,685 Cost + loss/acre $182.62 Total $114.60