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 |