Table 19                                                                                                                       North Carolina Summary                                                                   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

722,000

696,000

0.803

$8.00

$6.43

3.22

36,113

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

722,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

722,000

65,000

0.090

$6.50

$0.59

0.93

10,473

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

52,000

200

0.000

$13.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

722,000

299,000

0.456

$5.05

$2.30

0.10

1,121

Beet Armyworm

72,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

270,000

11,000

0.015

$8.50

$0.13

0.00

43

European Cornborer

361,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

722,000

708,000

0.670

$8.16

$5.47

6.38

71,481

Grasshoppers

385,000

120

0.000

$8.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

480,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

722,000

86,600

0.120

$10.00

$1.20

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

361,000

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

24,000

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

296,000

14,800

0.020

$4.00

$0.08

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

10.64

 

Est. yield/acre

745

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.20

Total Acres

722,000

 

Spray applications

2.175

 

At planting

$11.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$16.20

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$69,297,956

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

119,230

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$1.15

Bales lost in dollars

$34,338,211

 

Cost + loss/acre

$95.98

 

Total

$48.42