Table 16b                                                                                                                     Mississippi Delta nonBt                                                            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

77,500

69,750

1.260

$8.50

$10.71

2.80

7,233

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

900

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

77,500

73,625

4.750

$8.25

$39.19

2.00

5,167

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

38,750

3,875

0.050

$12.75

$0.64

0.13

323

Thrips

73,625

22,087

0.285

$5.00

$1.42

0.24

614

Beet Armyworm

6,000

4,200

0.060

$9.00

$0.54

0.01

20

Fall Armyworm

23,000

8,000

0.134

$9.00

$1.21

0.07

192

European Cornborer

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

60,000

12,000

0.155

$7.00

$1.08

0.15

400

Grasshoppers

3,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

6,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

70,000

20,000

0.258

$9.00

$2.32

0.09

233

Banded Winged Whitefly

22,000

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

6,500

1,200

0.015

$8.50

$0.13

0.00

2

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant Bugs

2,000

250

0.003

$8.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Cutworms

15,000

29,000

0.374

$2.00

$0.75

0.00

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Percent Lost

5.49

 

Est. yield/acre

1,100

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$58.02

Total Acres

77,500

 

Spray applications

7.345

 

At planting

$8.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$10,401,914

 

Eradication

$8.25

Total Bales lost

14,189

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$7.13

Bales lost in dollars

$4,086,324

 

Cost + loss/acre

$134.22

 

Total

$81.49