Table 23d                                                                                                              Texas High Plains                                                                                Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

50,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

2,847,500

781,650

0.233

$8.00

$1.87

1.11

75,192

Pink Bollworm

750,000

60,000

0.107

$7.00

$0.75

0.67

45,703

Cotton Fleahopper

223,325

12,500

0.004

$5.50

$0.02

0.00

0

Lygus

761,363

175,100

0.052

$8.00

$0.42

0.57

38,663

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

3,350,000

250,000

0.097

$5.50

$0.53

1.60

108,875

Beet Armyworm

675,000

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

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

50,000

15,000

0.005

$8.50

$0.04

0.00

102

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

3,000,000

25,000

0.009

$9.50

$0.09

0.09

6,094

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

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Darkling Beetle

65,000

5,000

0.001

$8.75

$0.01

0.00

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

4.04

 

Est. yield/acre

616

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$3.73

Total Acres

3,350,000

 

Spray applications

0.509

 

At planting

$1.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$1.88

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$133,513,671

 

Eradication

$8.00

Total Bales lost

274,628

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$0.81

Bales lost in dollars

$79,092,921

 

Cost + loss/acre

$39.85

 

Total

$16.25