Table 23a                                                                                                                    Texas Upper Coastal Bend                                                              Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

186,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

186,000

137,640

1.110

$11.83

$13.13

2.00

9,300

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

186,000

148,800

1.200

$6.00

$7.20

0.00

0

Lygus

150,000

45,000

0.242

$6.70

$1.62

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

2,000

0.011

$7.50

$0.08

0.00

0

Thrips

186,000

111,600

0.600

$5.90

$3.54

2.50

11,625

Beet Armyworm

35,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

20,000

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

186,000

150,000

0.806

$9.50

$7.66

3.00

13,950

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

186,000

100,000

0.538

$7.55

$4.06

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

120,000

85,000

0.457

$10.00

$4.57

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

105,000

35,000

0.188

$11.00

$2.07

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

18,000

2,000

0.011

$9.00

$0.10

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

110,000

50,000

0.269

$7.60

$2.04

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

7.50

 

Est. yield/acre

786

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$46.07

Total Acres

186,000

 

Spray applications

5.432

 

At planting

$8.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$12.10

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$27,479,019

 

Eradication

$20.20

Total Bales lost

34,875

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$6.38

Bales lost in dollars

$10,044,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$147.74

 

Total

$93.74