Table 23e                                                                                                                     Texas Far West                                                                         Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

220,000

40,000

0.081

$9.38

$0.76

0.22

1,474

Pink Bollworm

93,581

25,581

0.156

$10.56

$1.65

0.15

978

Cotton Fleahopper

200,000

11,000

0.022

$5.82

$0.13

0.28

1,875

Lygus

5,000

1,500

0.003

$13.50

$0.04

0.01

54

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

300,000

3,000

0.006

$5.00

$0.03

0.09

563

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

81,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

3,000

1,200

0.002

$4.50

$0.01

0.00

1

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

32,500

200

0.000

$10.00

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0.75

 

Est. yield/acre

495

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$2.63

Total Acres

492,000

 

Spray applications

0.272

 

At planting

$0.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$3.29

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$7,468,924

 

Eradication

$5.85

Total Bales lost

4,944

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$0.27

Bales lost in dollars

$1,423,923

 

Cost + loss/acre

$15.18

 

Total

$12.29