Table  9                                                                                                         Arizona Summary                                                                                                    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

137,665

21,624

0.083

$12.48

$1.04

0.179

1,679

Pink Bollworm

119,629

28,001

0.329

$13.18

$4.34

0.582

5,445

Cotton Fleahopper

182,336

30,455

0.101

$10.39

1.05

0.183

1,713

Lygus

216,573

164,110

0.827

$15.11

$12.50

2.126

19,881

Cotton Leaf Perforator

63,737

481

0.002

$11.75

$0.02

0.002

23

Spider Mites

76,447

21,016

0.086

$18.73

$1.62

0.126

1,175

Thrips

220,186

29,750

0.075

$8.00

$0.60

0.093

865

Beet Armyworm

109,731

17,900

0.045

$11.99

$0.54

0.036

341

Fall Armyworm

48,742

1,357

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

11

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

134,321

31,535

0.075

$14.06

$1.05

0.149

1,397

Grasshoppers

82,753

8,996

0.019

$14.65

$0.27

0.021

199

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

83,135

13,995

0.055

$12.61

$0.69

0.028

263

Aphids

74,212

1,163

0.002

$15.00

$0.03

0.009

80

Banded Winged Whitefly

111,530

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

235,375

178,500

0.975

$30.15

$29.40

1.565

14,633

Loopers

72,602

4,421

0.007

$10.00

$0.07

0.011

101

Yellowstriped Armyworms

47,600

4,284

0.002

$12.00

$0.02

0.005

48

Darkling Beetles

9,447

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

6

Cutworms

28,297

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

5.12

 

Est. yield/acre

1,486

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$53.24

Total Acres

238,000

 

Spray applications

2.683

 

At planting

$0.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$25.34

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$35,198,377

 

Eradication

$1.63

Total Bales lost

47,867

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$9.45

Bales lost in dollars

$13,785,679

 

Cost + loss/acre

$147.89

 

Total

$89.97

Official Arizona Cotton Losses may be seen on the Arizona WEB        http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html