Table 10a Arkansas Northeast Cotton Insect Losses – 2005
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
Boll Weevil |
500,000 |
500,000 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Bollworm/Budworm |
558,000 |
400,000 |
1.020 |
$7.00 |
$7.14 |
0.95 |
17,438 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
500,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
558,000 |
558,000 |
1.898 |
$7.50 |
$14.23 |
1.19 |
21,797 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
475,000 |
265,000 |
1.127 |
$18.00 |
$20.28 |
1.01 |
18,555 |
Thrips |
558,000 |
558,000 |
1.613 |
$7.00 |
$11.29 |
0.24 |
4,359 |
Beet Armyworm |
300,000 |
100,000 |
0.170 |
$10.00 |
$1.70 |
0.10 |
1,875 |
Fall Armyworm |
425,000 |
350,000 |
1.190 |
$10.00 |
$11.90 |
0.36 |
6,641 |
European Cornborer |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
558,000 |
200,000 |
0.340 |
$8.00 |
$2.72 |
0.24 |
4,359 |
Grasshoppers |
50,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
425,000 |
25,000 |
0.043 |
$7.50 |
$0.32 |
0.01 |
266 |
Aphids |
400,000 |
50,000 |
0.085 |
$9.00 |
$0.77 |
0.00 |
0 |
Banded Winged Whitefly |
300,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Loopers |
400,000 |
10,000 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.02 |
0.01 |
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 |
275,000 |
150,000 |
0.255 |
$3.50 |
$0.89 |
0.01 |
172 |
Percent Lost |
4.11 |
Est. yield/acre |
880 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$71.27 |
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Total Acres |
588,000 |
Spray applications |
7.742 |
At planting |
$8.66 |
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Bt use fees |
$16.69 |
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Cost + loss |
$91,851,200 |
Eradication |
$17.08 |
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Total Bales lost |
75,586 |
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Scouting |
$5.49 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$21,768,750 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$156.21 |
Total |
$119.19 |