Table 10 Arkansas Summary Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

700,000

500,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

1,000,000

776,000

1.495

$7.61

$11.38

0.97

32,171

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

800,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

1,000,000

991,000

2.555

$7.79

$19.90

1.66

54,947

Cotton Leaf Perforator

33,150

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

785,000

343,000

0.757

$18.00

$13.62

0.64

21,138

Thrips

1,000,000

956,000

1.578

$7.21

$11.37

0.15

5,096

Beet Armyworm

388,000

108,000

0.105

$10.00

$1.05

0.06

1,875

Fall Armyworm

801,000

550,000

1.068

$10.00

$10.68

0.37

12,281

European Cornborer

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

1,000,000

430,000

0.417

$8.00

$3.34

0.13

4,359

Grasshoppers

150,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

630,000

25,000

0.024

$7.50

$0.18

0.01

266

Aphids

820,000

218,000

0.212

$9.00

$1.90

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

550,000

10,000

0.010

$9.00

$0.09

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

550,000

10,000

0.000

N/A

$0.01

0.00

125

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

496,000

250,000

0.243

$3.50

$0.85

0.01

172

Percent Lost

4.00

Est. yield/acre

983

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$74.37

Total Acres

1,030,000

Spray applications

8.463

At planting

$9.19

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$18.23

 

 

Cost + loss

$165,130,580

Eradication

$14.90

Total Bales lost

132,429

 

 

Scouting

$6.60

Bales lost in dollars

$38,139,630

Cost + loss/acre

$160.32

Total

$123.29