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 |