Table 23g                                                                                                                     Texas Southern Rolling Plains                                            Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

108,000

108,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

625,000

180,000

0.317

$11.25

$3.56

1.00

7,409

Pink Bollworm

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

625,000

250,000

0.400

$9.25

$3.70

1.00

7,409

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

3,000

3,000

0.010

$14.25

$0.14

0.00

0

Thrips

625,000

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

3,000

3,000

0.010

$4.00

$0.04

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

625,000

118,750

0.190

$9.25

$1.76

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

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Darkling Beetles

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

497

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$9.20

Total Acres

625,000

 

Spray applications

0.926

 

At planting

$0.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$2.02

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$15,885,718

 

Eradication

$6.00

Total Bales lost

14,818

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$0.96

Bales lost in dollars

$4,267,500

 

Cost + loss/acre

$25.42

 

Total

$18.59