Table 16c                                                                                                                     Mississippi Hills 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

130,000

39,000

0.150

$8.00

$1.20

0.40

2,817

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

250,000

150,000

0.865

$8.25

$7.14

0.48

3,385

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

156,000

31,200

0.180

$12.00

$2.16

0.06

423

Thrips

240,000

144,000

0.554

$5.00

$2.77

0.01

65

Beet Armyworm

26,000

4,500

0.017

$9.00

$0.16

0.00

7

Fall Armyworm

21,000

4,100

0.017

$9.00

$0.16

0.00

11

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

156,000

62,400

0.264

$7.00

$1.85

0.12

845

Grasshoppers

8,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

208,000

83,200

0.320

$9.00

$2.88

0.08

563

Banded Winged Whitefly

8,000

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

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

4,500

1,100

0.004

$7.00

$0.03

0.00

2

Clouded Plant Bugs

22,000

2,500

0.010

$8.00

$0.08

0.00

6

Cutworms

15,000

21,000

0.081

$2.00

$0.16

0.00

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Percent Lost

1.15

 

Est. yield/acre

800

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$18.58

Total Acres

260,000

 

Spray applications

2.463

 

At planting

$8.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$27.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$20,899,012

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

8,129

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.25

Bales lost in dollars

$2,341,092

 

Cost + loss/acre

$80.38

 

Total

$71.38