Table 23i                                                                                                               Texas Southern Blacklands                                                                Cotton Insect Losses – 2004

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

115,000

115,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

100,000

36,000

0.360

$11.50

$4.14

6.15

17,500

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

130,000

122,000

1.877

$8.50

$15.95

3.00

8,531

Lygus

12,000

3,000

0.023

$9.00

$0.21

0.09

263

Cotton Leaf Perforator

8,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

15,000

4,000

0.031

$14.50

$0.45

0.17

492

Thrips

130,000

28,000

0.215

$7.00

$1.51

0.50

1,422

Beet Armyworm

1,500

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

12,000

5,000

0.038

$10.00

$0.38

0.09

263

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

2,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

35,000

4,000

0.031

$8.00

$0.25

0.13

383

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

10.15

 

Est. yield/acre

773

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$22.89

Total Acres

130,000

 

Spray applications

2.575

 

At planting

$6.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$18.28

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$17,537,900

 

Eradication

$20.00

Total Bales lost

28,853

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$3.63

Bales lost in dollars

$8,309,700

 

Cost + loss/acre

$134.91

 

Total

$70.99