Table 17                                                                                                                       Missouri                                                                                                  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

264,534

76,230

0.257

$12.13

$3.12

0.93

9,672

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

38,115

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

385,000

385,000

3.300

$7.20

$23.76

3.68

38,372

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

148,649

28,028

0.102

$13.00

$1.32

0.19

2,013

Thrips

385,000

207,258

0.538

$4.00

$2.15

1.05

10,948

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

49,550

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

762

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

243,795

53,361

0.139

$7.50

$1.04

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

3,850

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

202,048

8,008

0.021

$7.50

$0.16

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

22,869

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

120,467

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

5.85

 

Est. yield/acre

1,108

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$31.56

Total Acres

385,000

 

Spray applications

4.357

 

At planting

$9.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$17.15

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$46,575,681

 

Eradication

$12.50

Total Bales lost

61,005

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$5.10

Bales lost in dollars

$17,569,464

 

Cost + loss/acre

$120.98

 

Total

$75.34