Table 10                                                                                                                       Arkansas Summary                                                                                        Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

800,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

930,000

570,000

1.263

$7.68

$9.70

1.20

34,875

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

800,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

930,000

930,000

4.000

$7.50

$30.00

2.79

81,084

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

825,000

162,000

0.241

$12.00

$2.90

0.04

1,289

Thrips

930,000

930,000

1.700

$7.20

$12.24

0.27

7,847

Beet Armyworm

200,000

25,000

0.027

$10.00

$0.27

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

715,000

250,000

0.269

$10.00

$2.69

0.06

1,781

European Cornborer

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

930,000

275,000

0.296

$8.00

$2.37

0.48

13,950

Grasshoppers

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

675,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

930,000

230,000

0.247

$9.00

$2.23

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

550,000

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

600,000

15,000

0.000

N/A

$0.02

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

525,000

300,000

0.323

$3.50

$1.13

0.01

164

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

4.85

 

Est. yield/acre

1,024

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$63.53

Total Acres

930,000

 

Spray applications

8.366

 

At planting

$9.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$20.18

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$147,545,000

 

Eradication

$15.60

Total Bales lost

140,991

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$6.41

Bales lost in dollars

$40,605,300

 

Cost + loss/acre

$158.65

 

Total

$114.99