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 |