Table 8c                                                                                        Alabama South                                                                                            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

260,000

156,000

0.900

$7.50

$6.75

2.500

14,219

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

240,000

20,000

0.077

$6.75

$0.52

0.462

2,625

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

260,000

10,000

0.038

$5.50

$0.21

0.000

0

Beet Armyworm

5,000

2,000

0.008

$15.00

$0.12

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

52,000

10,000

0.042

$15.00

$0.63

0.060

341

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

260,000

208,000

1.600

$7.00

$11.20

2.000

11,375

Grasshoppers

5,000

1,000

0.004

$7.00

$0.03

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

260,000

2,000

0.008

$10.00

$0.08

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

10,000

1,000

0.004

$10.00

$0.04

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

26,000

13,000

0.050

$14.00

$0.70

0.010

57

Southern Armyworms

195,000

10,000

0.038

$7.00

$0.27

0.075

427

Leaf Footed Bug

86,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

5,000

8,000

0.031

$4.00

$0.12

0.000

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

5.11

 

Est. yield/acre

650

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$20.67

Total Acres

260,000

 

Spray applications

2.800

 

At planting

$11.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$20.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$23,746,510

 

Eradication

$4.48

Total Bales lost

29,043

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$3.00

Bales lost in dollars

$8,364,510

 

Cost + loss/acre

$91.33

 

Total

$59.16