Table 8b                                                                                        Alabama  Central                                                                                                        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

80,000

10,000

0.125

$6.75

$0.84

1.000

1,583

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

80,000

2,000

0.025

$5.50

$0.14

0.500

792

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

80,000

8,000

0.100

$4.75

$0.48

0.000

0

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

80,000

40,000

0.500

$5.75

$2.88

0.500

792

Grasshoppers

40,000

10,000

0.125

$6.75

$0.84

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

80,000

2,000

0.025

$9.50

$0.24

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

5,000

1,000

0.013

$14.50

$0.18

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

3,000

6,000

0.075

$2.00

$0.15

0.000

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

2.00

 

Est. yield/acre

675

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$5.74

Total Acres

80,000

 

Spray applications

0.988

 

At planting

$12.50

Harvested acres

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$18.90

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$4,373,500

 

Eradication

$4.50

Total Bales lost

3,167

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$1.63

Bales lost in dollars

$912,000

 

Cost + loss/acre

$54.67

 

Total

$43.27