Table 21                                                                                                                       South Carolina                                                                          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

218,000

190,000

1.743

$7.50

$13.07

3.00

13,625

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

80,000

15,000

0.069

$7.50

$0.52

0.11

500

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

210,000

40,000

0.183

$7.00

$1.28

0.72

3,281

Beet Armyworm

1,000

500

0.002

$13.00

$0.03

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

200,000

160,000

1.101

$8.00

$8.81

2.29

10,417

Grasshoppers

10,000

500

0.005

$8.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

200,000

10,000

0.069

$9.50

$0.65

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

500

200

0.001

$10.00

$0.01

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

6.13

 

Est. yield/acre

815

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$24.41

Total Acres

218,000

 

Spray applications

3.173

 

At planting

$15.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$15.38

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$22,613,750

 

Eradication

$4.00

Total Bales lost

27,823

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$7.52

Bales lost in dollars

$8,013,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$103.73

 

Total

$66.98