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 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |