Table 13                                                                                                Georgia  Summary                                                                                                     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

990,000

520,000

0.740

$7.95

$5.88

1.24

32,500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

250,000

145,000

0.125

$6.00

$0.75

0.04

1,042

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

60,000

5,000

0.004

$10.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Thrips

1,120,000

110,000

0.087

$5.00

$0.44

0.09

2,333

Beet Armyworm

45,000

20,000

0.016

$10.00

$0.16

0.00

42

Fall Armyworm

120,000

65,000

0.056

$9.00

$0.50

0.02

500

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

1,100,000

950,000

1.508

$7.00

$10.56

0.87

22,917

Grasshoppers

60,000

6,000

0.005

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

620,000

70,000

0.056

$8.00

$0.44

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

12,000

1,000

0.001

$12.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Loopers

250,000

30,000

0.024

$10.00

$0.24

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

55,000

5,000

0.004

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

12,000

6,000

0.005

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

2.26

 

Est. yield/acre

698

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$19.10

Total Acres

1,260,000

 

Spray applications

2.629

 

At planting

$9.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$21.05

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$90,569,000

 

Eradication

$3.50

Total Bales lost

59,333

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.67

Bales lost in dollars

$17,088,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$71.88

 

Total

$58.32