Table 23f                                                                                                               Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley                                                         Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

207,171

180,000

4.344

$7.00

$30.41

4.00

17,264

Bollworm/Budworm

207,171

40,000

0.193

$15.00

$2.90

0.75

3,237

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

207,171

100,000

0.483

$6.00

$2.90

0.25

1,079

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

30,000

5,000

0.024

$10.00

$0.24

0.00

0

Thrips

207,171

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

20,000

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

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

207,171

150,000

0.724

$7.00

$5.07

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

207,171

50

0.000

$12.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

200,000

10,000

0.048

$7.50

$0.36

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

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

5.00

 

Est. yield/acre

793

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$41.88

Total Acres

207,171

 

Spray applications

5.817

 

At planting

$0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$3.62

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$16,559,480

 

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

21,580

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.43

Bales lost in dollars

$6,215,130

 

Cost + loss/acre

$79.93

 

Total

$49.93