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 |