Table 23c                                                                                                                     Texas North Rolling Plains                                                           Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

19,000

19,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

400,000

80,000

0.220

$11.25

$2.48

1.00

4,750

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

400,000

160,000

0.400

$9.25

$3.70

0.75

3,563

Lygus

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

400,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

400,000

76,000

0.190

$9.25

$1.76

0.25

1,188

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

2.00

 

Est. yield/acre

483

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$7.93

Total Acres

400,000

 

Spray applications

0.810

 

At planting

$0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$1.80

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$9,177,920

 

Eradication

$6.00

Total Bales lost

9,500

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$0.30

Bales lost in dollars

$2,736,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$22.94

 

Total

$16.10