Table 9b                                                                                                 Arizona nonBt                                                                                             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

36,351

15,985

0.299

$12.47

$3.73

0.482

877

Pink Bollworm

44,208

28,001

1.647

$13.18

$21.71

2.828

5,146

Cotton Fleahopper

38,995

5,285

0.060

$9.60

0.58

0.159

289

Lygus

43,832

28,966

0.730

$15.95

$11.65

2.074

3,774

Cotton Leaf Perforator

16,845

481

0.010

$11.75

$0.12

0.013

23

Spider Mites

17,101

5,839

0.123

$18.80

$2.31

0.129

235

Thrips

43,771

5,950

0.075

$8.00

$0.60

0.092

167

Beet Armyworm

26,440

8,380

0.150

$12.11

$1.81

0.088

160

Fall Armyworm

9,520

405

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.002

4

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

27,461

7,411

0.100

$14.22

$1.42

0.129

234

Grasshoppers

17,276

1,380

0.009

$14.50

$0.13

0.014

26

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

17,433

4,475

0.094

$12.08

$1.14

0.030

55

Aphids

13,385

687

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.008

15

Banded Winged Whitefly

20,138

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly Bemesia

47,142

35,700

0.975

$30.60

$29.84

1.399

2,547

Loopers

16,680

2,517

0.021

$10.00

$0.21

0.031

57

Yellowstriped Armyworms

9,520

1,428

0.003

$12.00

$0.04

0.010

18

Darkling Beetles

1,831

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

1

Cutworms

6,591

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent Lost

7.49

 

Est. yield/acre

1,404

 

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$75.26

Total Acres

47,600

 

Spray applications

4.295

 

At planting

$0.26

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

 

Cost + loss

$8,044,181

 

Eradication

$1.63

Total Bales lost

13,630

 

 

 

 

Scouting

$9.38

Bales lost in dollars

$3,925,342

 

Cost + loss/acre

$169.00

 

Total

$86.53

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