Table 18                                                                                                                       New Mexico                                                                                             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

67,000

60,300

0.839

$18.00

$15.10

2.52

4,884

Pink Bollworm

1,850

450

0.006

$24.00

$0.15

0.10

200

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

6,000

2,500

0.035

$8.00

$0.28

0.33

648

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

4,500

500

0.007

$7.80

$0.05

0.31

608

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

4,200

840

0.012

$8.40

$0.10

0.12

227

Grasshoppers

1,200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

16

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

12,000

3,600

0.050

$22.52

$1.13

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

380

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

1,700

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.04

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

3.43

 

Est. yield/acre

821

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.81

Total Acres

71,862

 

Spray applications

0.949

 

At planting

$3.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$4.35

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$5,333,295

 

Eradication*

$18.61

Total Bales lost

6,651

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.79

Bales lost in dollars

$1,915,618

 

Cost + loss/acre

$74.22

 

Total

$47.56

* Eradication cost is both Boll Weevil and Pink Bollworm