Table 8                                                                                          Summary Alabama                                                                                                                      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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

540,000

226,000

0.518

$7.57

$3.92

1.327

18,510

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

566,639

227,000

0.667

$6.74

$4.49

1.203

16,776

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Spider Mites

161,000

60,000

0.123

$9.60

$1.18

0.233

3,250

Thrips

586,639

118,000

0.235

$4.50

$1.06

0.239

3,340

Beet Armyworm

15,000

2,000

0.003

$15.00

$0.05

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

72,000

10,000

0.019

$15.00

$0.28

0.024

341

European Cornborer

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

500,000

248,000

0.777

$6.89

$5.36

0.872

12,167

Grasshoppers

47,000

11,000

0.019

$6.77

$0.13

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

580,000

54,000

0.092

$9.24

$0.85

0.116

1,625

Banded Winged Whitefly

13,000

1,000

0.002

$10.00

$0.02

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

131,000

14,000

0.024

$14.04

$0.33

0.004

57

Southern Armyworms

196,000

10,000

0.017

$7.00

$0.12

0.031

427

Leaf Footed Bug

86,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

68,000

64,000

0.109

$3.81

$0.42

0.000

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

4.05

 

Est. yield/acre

724

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$18.21

Total Acres

586,639

 

Spray applications

2.605

 

At planting

$11.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$18.45

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$49,366,046

 

Eradication

$4.49

Total Bales lost

56,493

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$3.48

Bales lost in dollars

$16,269,971

 

Cost + loss/acre

$84.15

 

Total

$56.42