Table 22                                                                                                                       Tennessee                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

510,000

70,000

0.143

$8.00

$1.15

1.14

11,500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

5,350

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

510,000

382,500

0.900

$8.00

$7.20

0.40

4,038

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

255,000

40,265

0.111

$10.25

$1.13

0.07

656

Thrips

510,000

153,000

0.300

$5.95

$1.79

0.30

3,028

Beet Armyworm

2,300

240

0.000

$9.50

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

55,250

480

0.001

$9.00

$0.01

0.01

125

European Cornborer

200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

429,450

161,050

0.347

$8.00

$2.78

0.50

5,071

Grasshoppers

21,475

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

510,000

1,610

0.003

$8.20

$0.03

0.02

202

Banded Winged Whitefly

10,735

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

8,650

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Clouded Plant  Bug

382,500

322,105

0.817

$8.50

$6.94

0.82

8,301

Cutworms

53,685

330,695

0.648

$1.50

$0.97

0.00

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Percent Lost

3.26

 

Est. yield/acre

839

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$22.00

Total Acres

510,000

 

Spray applications

3.271

 

At planting

$8.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$21.42

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$44,386,782

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

32,942

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.55

Bales lost in dollars

$9,487,224

 

Cost + loss/acre

$87.03

 

Total

$68.43