Table 13a                                                                                                    Georgia Bt                                                                                                                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

800,000

350,000

0.480

$7.00

$3.36

0.78

16,667

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

200,000

120,000

0.129

$6.00

$0.78

0.04

833

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

4,000

0.004

$10.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Thrips

900,000

90,000

0.088

$5.00

$0.44

0.09

1,875

Beet Armyworm

25,000

5,000

0.005

$10.00

$0.05

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

90,000

50,000

0.054

$9.00

$0.49

0.02

375

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

900,000

800,000

1.569

$7.00

$10.98

0.88

18,750

Grasshoppers

50,000

5,000

0.005

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

500,000

60,000

0.059

$8.00

$0.47

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

10,000

1,000

0.001

$12.00

$0.01

0.00

0

Loopers

200,000

20,000

0.020

$10.00

$0.20

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

50,000

5,000

0.005

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

10,000

5,000

0.005

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

1.81

 

Est. yield/acre

700

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.92

Total Acres

1,020,000

 

Spray applications

2.424

 

At planting

$9.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$26.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$73,324,000

 

Eradication

$3.50

Total Bales lost

38,500

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.60

Bales lost in dollars

$11,088,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$71.89

 

Total

$61.02