Table 9a Arizona Bt 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 |
101,314 |
5,639 |
0.030 |
$12.50 |
$0.37 |
0.106 |
802 |
|
Pink Bollworm |
75,421 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.040 |
298 |
|
Cotton Fleahopper |
143,341 |
25,170 |
0.111 |
$10.50 |
1.17 |
0.189 |
1,423 |
|
Lygus |
172,741 |
135,144 |
0.852 |
$14.93 |
$12.72 |
2.138 |
16,108 |
|
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
46,892 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Spider Mites |
59,346 |
15,177 |
0.077 |
$18.70 |
$1.45 |
0.125 |
939 |
|
Thrips |
176,415 |
23,800 |
0.075 |
$8.00 |
$0.60 |
0.093 |
698 |
|
Beet Armyworm |
83,291 |
9,520 |
0.019 |
$11.75 |
$0.22 |
0.024 |
181 |
|
Fall Armyworm |
39,222 |
952 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.001 |
8 |
|
European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Stink Bugs |
106,860 |
24,124 |
0.068 |
$14.00 |
$0.96 |
0.154 |
1,163 |
|
Grasshoppers |
65,477 |
7,616 |
0.021 |
$14.67 |
$0.31 |
0.023 |
174 |
|
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
65,702 |
9,520 |
0.045 |
$12.88 |
$0.58 |
0.028 |
208 |
|
Aphids |
60,827 |
476 |
0.003 |
$15.00 |
$0.04 |
0.009 |
65 |
|
Banded Winged Whitefly |
91,392 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
|
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) |
188,233 |
142,800 |
0.975 |
$30.04 |
$29.29 |
1.605 |
12,086 |
|
Loopers |
55,922 |
1,904 |
0.003 |
$10.00 |
$0.03 |
0.006 |
44 |
|
Yellowstriped Armyworrms |
38,080 |
2,856 |
0.001 |
$12.00 |
$0.01 |
0.004 |
30 |
|
Darkling Beetles |
7,616 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.001 |
5 |
|
Cutworms |
21,706 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.001 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percent Lost |
4.55 |
|
Est. yield/acre |
1,507 |
|
|
Cost/ Acre |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foliar insecticide |
$47.74 |
|
Total Acres |
190,400 |
|
Spray applications |
2.280 |
|
At planting |
$0.31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bt use fees |
$31.68 |
|
|
|
|
Cost + loss |
$27,154,196 |
|
Eradication |
$1.63 |
|
Total Bales lost |
34,237 |
|
|
|
|
Scouting |
$9.47 |
|
Bales lost in dollars |
$9,860,337 |
|
Cost + loss/acre |
$142.62 |
|
Total |
$90.83 |
Official Arizona Cotton Losses may be seen on the Arizona WEB http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html