Table 23b                                                                                                              Texas Lower Coastal Bend                                                           Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

521,000

490,750

2.166

$11.83

$25.63

3.00

32,563

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

521,000

458,480

1.760

$5.46

$9.61

1.00

10,854

Lygus

219,000

32,823

0.063

$6.70

$0.42

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

24,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

521,000

25,000

0.048

$5.40

$0.26

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

26,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

15,000

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

416,800

166,720

0.320

$9.33

$2.99

0.80

8,683

Grasshoppers

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

8,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

261,000

52,100

0.100

$7.55

$0.76

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

45,000

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

10,000

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

156,300

95,000

0.182

$7.60

$1.39

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

4.80

 

Est. yield/acre

829

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$41.05

Total Acres

521,000

 

Spray applications

4.640

 

At planting

$1.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$4.60

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$54,080,418

 

Eradication

$23.14

Total Bales lost

52,100

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.73

Bales lost in dollars

$15,004,800

 

Cost + loss/acre

$103.80

 

Total

$75.00