Table 24 Virginia Cotton Insect Losses – 2004
|
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
|
Boll Weevil |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Bollworm/Budworm |
80,000 |
70,000 |
1.296 |
$8.00 |
$10.37 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Cotton Fleahopper |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Lygus |
10,000 |
10,000 |
0.123 |
$7.50 |
$0.93 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Spider Mites |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
|
Thrips |
81,000 |
81,000 |
1.000 |
$6.50 |
$6.50 |
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 |
30,500 |
30,500 |
0.377 |
$6.50 |
$2.45 |
1.19 |
1,761 |
|
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 |
1,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
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 |
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 |
1.19 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
880 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$20.24 |
|
Total Acres |
81,000 |
|
Spray applications |
2.796 |
|
At planting |
$11.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$9.60 |
|
|
|
|
Cost + loss |
$4,184,976 |
|
Eradication |
$4.35 |
|
Total Bales lost |
1,761 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$0.21 |
|
Bales lost in dollars |
$507,276 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$51.67 |
|
Total |
$45.40 |