Table 16a                                                                                                     Mississippi Delta 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

662,625

530,100

0.760

$8.00

$6.08

1.43

33,131

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

4,500

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

697,500

662,625

5.225

$8.25

$43.11

2.50

58,125

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

348,750

69,750

0.100

$12.75

$1.28

0.13

2,906

Thrips

697,500

209,250

0.330

$5.00

$1.65

0.25

5,813

Beet Armyworm

34,875

10,462

0.015

$9.00

$0.13

0.00

29

Fall Armyworm

209,250

20,925

0.030

$9.00

$0.27

0.06

1,395

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

418,500

83,700

0.144

$7.00

$1.01

0.15

3,488

Grasshoppers

69,750

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

26,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

453,375

181,350

0.260

$9.00

$2.34

0.07

1,511

Banded Winged Whitefly

75,000

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

50,000

8,000

0.006

$8.50

$0.05

0.00

42

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant Bugs

5,000

400

0.001

$8.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

125,000

225,000

0.323

$2.00

$0.65

0.00

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Percent Lost

4.58

 

Est. yield/acre

1,100

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$56.56

Total Acres

697,500

 

Spray applications

7.193

 

At planting

$8.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$28.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$106,022,892

 

Eradication

$8.25

Total Bales lost

106,481

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$7.13

Bales lost in dollars

$30,666,570

 

Cost + loss/acre

$152.00

 

Total

$108.04