Table 16d                                                                                                                     Mississippi Hills 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

40,000

30,000

0.692

$8.50

$5.88

0.92

1,625

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

58,500

46,800

0.792

$8.25

$6.53

0.27

475

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

30,000

12,000

0.277

$12.00

$3.32

0.05

81

Thrips

62,000

40,000

0.615

$5.00

$3.08

0.01

17

Beet Armyworm

14,000

1,600

0.025

$9.00

$0.22

0.00

6

Fall Armyworm

17,000

3,500

0.059

$9.00

$0.53

0.01

12

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

32,000

14,000

0.215

$7.00

$1.51

0.10

173

Grasshoppers

1,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

55,000

22,000

0.338

$9.00

$3.05

0.08

149

Banded Winged Whitefly

3,200

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

2,300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

1,100

550

0.008

$7.00

$0.06

0.00

1

Clouded Plant Bugs

12,000

200

0.003

$8.00

$0.02

0.00

0

Cutworms

5,500

11,000

0.169

$2.00

$0.34

0.00

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Percent Lost

1.44

 

Est. yield/acre

800

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$24.55

Total Acres

65,000

 

Spray applications

3.195

 

At planting

$8.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$4,004,210

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

2,540

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.25

Bales lost in dollars

$731,500

 

Cost + loss/acre

$61.60

 

Total

$50.35