Table 22b                                                                                                                     Tennessee 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

35,000

10,000

0.371

$8.00

$2.97

3.03

2,099

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

350

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

35,000

26,250

0.900

$8.00

$7.20

0.40

277

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

17,500

2,765

0.111

$10.25

$1.13

0.07

45

Thrips

35,000

10,500

0.300

$5.95

$1.79

0.30

208

Beet Armyworm

300

40

0.001

$9.50

$0.01

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

5,250

80

0.002

$9.00

$0.02

0.04

26

European Cornborer

200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

29,450

11,050

0.347

$8.00

$2.78

0.46

321

Grasshoppers

1,475

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

35,000

110

0.003

$8.20

$0.03

0.02

14

Banded Winged Whitefly

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

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 Bugs

26,250

22,105

0.758

$8.50

$6.44

0.79

546

Cutworms

3,685

22,695

0.648

$1.50

$0.97

0.00

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Percent Lost

5.11

 

Est. yield/acre

820

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$23.34

Total Acres

35,000

 

Spray applications

3.442

 

At planting

$8.46

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$2,710,707

 

Eradication

$12.00

Total Bales lost

3,536

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.55

Bales lost in dollars

$1,018,449

 

Cost + loss/acre

$77.45

 

Total

$48.35