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 |