Table 10b Arkansas Southeast Cotton Insect Losses – 2004
|
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
|
Boll Weevil |
300,000 |
300,000 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Bollworm/Budworm |
372,000 |
320,000 |
2.151 |
$8.00 |
$17.20 |
1.50 |
17,438 |
|
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Cotton Fleahopper |
300,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Lygus |
372,000 |
372,000 |
4.000 |
$7.50 |
$30.00 |
2.34 |
27,203 |
|
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Spider Mites |
350,000 |
37,000 |
0.099 |
$12.00 |
$1.19 |
0.05 |
547 |
|
Thrips |
372,000 |
372,000 |
1.700 |
$7.50 |
$12.75 |
0.30 |
3,488 |
|
Beet Armyworm |
75,000 |
10,000 |
0.027 |
$10.00 |
$0.27 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Fall Armyworm |
290,000 |
100,000 |
0.269 |
$10.00 |
$2.69 |
0.04 |
453 |
|
European Cornborer |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Stink Bugs |
372,000 |
150,000 |
0.403 |
$8.00 |
$3.23 |
0.75 |
8,719 |
|
Grasshoppers |
100,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
275,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Aphids |
372,000 |
100,000 |
0.269 |
$9.00 |
$2.42 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Banded Winged Whitefly |
250,000 |
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 |
15,000 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.04 |
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 |
250,000 |
150,000 |
0.403 |
$3.50 |
$1.41 |
0.01 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Lost |
4.98 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
1,024 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$71.20 |
|
Total Acres |
372,000 |
|
Spray applications |
9.321 |
|
At planting |
$9.46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$24.09 |
|
|
|
|
Cost + loss |
$62,958,220 |
|
Eradication |
$12.00 |
|
Total Bales lost |
57,924 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$7.65 |
|
Bales lost in dollars |
$16,682,220 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$169.24 |
|
Total |
$124.40 |