Table 10a                                                                                                     Arkansas  Northeast                                                                                                      Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

500,000

500,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

558,000

250,000

0.672

$7.00

$4.70

1.00

17,438

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

500,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

558,000

558,000

4.000

$7.50

$30.00

3.09

53,882

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

475,000

125,000

0.336

$12.00

$4.03

0.04

742

Thrips

558,000

558,000

1.700

$7.00

$11.90

0.25

4,359

Beet Armyworm

125,000

15,000

0.027

$10.00

$0.27

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

425,000

150,000

0.269

$10.00

$2.69

0.08

1,328

European Cornborer

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

558,000

125,000

0.224

$8.00

$1.79

0.30

5,231

Grasshoppers

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

400,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

558,000

130,000

0.233

$9.00

$2.10

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

300,000

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

300,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

275,000

150,000

0.269

$3.50

$0.94

0.00

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

4.76

 

Est. yield/acre

1,024

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$58.42

Total Acres

558,000

 

Spray applications

7.730

 

At planting

$9.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$17.58

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$84,586,780

 

Eradication

$18.00

Total Bales lost

83,066

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.58

Bales lost in dollars

$23,923,080

 

Cost + loss/acre

$151.59

 

Total

$108.72