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 |
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |