Table 15b                                                                                                     Louisiana nonBt                                                                            Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

345

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

30,426

22,389

1.160

$8.34

$9.67

0.35

301

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

16,092

2,301

0.007

$7.13

0.05

0.01

12

Lygus

33,293

30,991

4.994

$7.75

$38.71

2.65

2,284

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

8,848

1,953

0.045

$8.50

$0.38

0.01

4

Thrips

33,293

15,507

0.402

$4.81

$1.93

0.03

25

Beet Armyworm

12,059

5,800

0.134

$9.67

$1.29

0.01

9

Fall Armyworm

10,913

4,309

0.099

$9.83

$0.98

0.02

19

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

26,411

22,389

1.160

$8.20

$9.51

0.30

262

Grasshoppers

11,830

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

12,059

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

18,367

5,737

0.132

$8.00

$1.06

0.01

9

Banded Winged Whitefly

8,046

344

0.003

$7.00

$0.02

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

19,513

9,760

0.169

$9.33

$1.57

0.01

10

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Slugs

3,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

9

Cutworms

7,760

18,654

0.483

$3.30

$1.59

0.01

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

3.43

 

Est. yield/acre

839

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$66.76

Total Acres

34,749

 

Spray applications

8.787

 

At planting

$6.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$4,005,307

 

Eradication

$10.00

Total Bales lost

2,950

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$7.73

Bales lost in dollars

$849,524

 

Cost + loss/acre

$115.26

 

Total

$90.82