Table 19b                                                                                                                     North Carolina non 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

122,000

116,000

1.902

$7.25

$13.79

10.00

18,300

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

122,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

122,000

11,000

0.090

$6.50

$0.59

0.60

1,098

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

12,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

122,000

76,000

0.685

$5.20

$3.56

0.10

183

Beet Armyworm

12,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

30,000

3,000

0.025

$8.50

$0.21

0.00

5

European Cornborer

61,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

122,000

118,000

1.064

$7.25

$7.71

3.20

5,856

Grasshoppers

60,000

20

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

80,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

122,000

14,600

0.120

$10.00

$1.20

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

61,000

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

4,000

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

46,000

2,300

0.019

$4.00

$0.08

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

13.90

 

Est. yield/acre

720

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$27.13

Total Acres

122,000

 

Spray applications

3.904

 

At planting

$11.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$13,323,881

 

Eradication

$3.75

Total Bales lost

25,442

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$6.76

Bales lost in dollars

$7,327,411

 

Cost + loss/acre

$109.21

 

Total

$49.15