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