Table 16                                                                                                                Mississippi 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

910,125

668,850

0.647

$8.10

$5.24

1.29

44,806

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

6,400

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

1,083,500

933,050

3.899

$8.25

$32.17

1.94

67,152

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

573,500

116,825

0.126

$12.40

$1.56

0.11

3,733

Thrips

1,073,125

415,337

0.397

$5.00

$1.98

0.19

6,508

Beet Armyworm

80,875

20,762

0.019

$9.00

$0.17

0.00

62

Fall Armyworm

270,250

36,525

0.036

$9.00

$0.32

0.05

1,610

European Cornborer

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

666,500

172,100

0.177

$7.00

$1.24

0.14

4,906

Grasshoppers

83,250

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

35,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

786,375

306,550

0.279

$9.00

$2.51

0.07

2,457

Banded Winged Whitefly

108,200

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

65,300

9,200

0.005

$8.50

$0.04

0.00

44

Southern Armyworms

5,600

1,650

0.002

$7.00

$0.01

0.00

3

Clouded Plant Bugs

41,000

3,350

0.003

$8.00

$0.02

0.00

6

Cutworms

160,500

286,000

0.260

$2.00

$0.52

0.00

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

3.79

 

Est. yield/acre

1,011

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$45.79

Total Acres

1,100,000

 

Spray applications

5.849

 

At planting

$8.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$24.14

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$141,173,028

 

Eradication

$9.22

Total Bales lost

131,338

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$6.57

Bales lost in dollars

$37,825,486

 

Cost + loss/acre

$128.34

 

Total

$93.95