Table 11                                                                                                                       California                                                                                                     Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

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

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

14,771

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Pink Bollworm

32,215

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

590,848

147,712

0.200

$27.00

$5.40

0.40

9,847

Cotton Leaf Perforator

32,215

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

723,789

516,992

0.700

$30.00

$21.00

0.49

12,063

Thrips

731,174

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

369,280

59,085

0.080

$18.00

$1.44

0.10

2,462

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

664,704

246,725

0.334

$18.00

$6.01

0.18

4,431

Banded Winged Whitefly

7,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

627,776

369,280

0.750

$33.00

$24.75

0.85

20,926

Loopers

73,856

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

2.02

 

Est. yield/acre

1,484

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$58.60

Total Acres

738,560

 

Spray applications

2.064

 

At planting

$1.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.39

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$63,421,135

 

Eradication ( PBW)

$2.00

Total Bales lost

49,730

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$3.79

Bales lost in dollars

$14,322,156

 

Cost + loss/acre

$85.87

 

Total

$66.48