Table 23h                                                                                                              Texas Northern Rolling 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

50,000

3.448

$8.25

$28.45

5.69

4,469

Bollworm/Budworm

54,000

35,000

0.664

$12.50

$8.30

3.26

2,559

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

58,000

48,000

0.828

$5.75

$4.76

1.50

1,178

Lygus

12,000

2,000

0.034

$8.50

$0.29

0.02

16

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

1,500

600

0.010

$12.00

$0.12

0.00

0

Thrips

55,000

55,000

0.948

$5.75

$5.45

0.47

372

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

18,000

2,000

0.034

$5.50

$0.19

0.03

24

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

32,000

10,000

0.172

$7.00

$1.21

0.06

43

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

11.03

 

Est. yield/acre

550

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$48.77

Total Acres

58,000

 

Spray applications

6.140

 

At planting

$6.64

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$8.33

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$6,412,030

 

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

8,663

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$3.80

Bales lost in dollars

$2,494,830

 

Cost + loss/acre

$110.55

 

Total

$67.54