Table 8a                                                                                 Alabama North                                                                                                            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

200,000

60,000

0.243

$8.00

$1.95

0.405

2,708

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

246,639

205,000

1.496

$6.75

$10.10

2.000

13,360

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

160,000

60,000

0.292

$9.60

$2.80

0.487

3,250

Thrips

246,639

100,000

0.487

$4.40

$2.14

0.500

3,340

Beet Armyworm

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

European Cornborer

20,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

160,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Grasshoppers

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

240,000

50,000

0.203

$9.20

$1.87

0.243

1,625

Banded Winged Whitefly

3,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

100,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

60,000

50,000

0.203

$4.00

$0.81

0.000

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

3.64

 

Est. yield/acre

818

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$19.66

Total Acres

246,639

 

Spray applications

2.923

 

At planting

$12.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$16.66

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$21,246,036

 

Eradication

$4.50

Total Bales lost

24,283

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$4.60

Bales lost in dollars

$6,993,461

 

Cost + loss/acre

$86.14

 

Total

$57.79