Table 11 California Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

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

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

3,183

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Pink Bollworm

25,000

1,500

0.002

$9.00

$0.02

0.019

456

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

509,284

254,642

0.459

$27.00

$12.39

3.82

92,838

Cotton Leaf Perforator

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

623,873

572,945

1.463

$30.00

$43.89

1.87

45,491

Thrips

630,239

1

0.000

$15.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

318,303

3,056

0.003

$18.00

$0.05

0.02

580

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

572,945

318,303

0.397

$18.00

$7.14

0.86

20,889

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

381,963

20,000

0.030

$33.00

$0.99

0.01

139

Loopers

63,661

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

6.61

Est. yield/acre

1,252

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$64.48

Total Acres

665,830

Spray applications

2.354

At planting

$2.63

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.41

 

 

Cost + loss

$99,420,804

Eradication ( PBW)

$5.22

Total Bales lost

160,393

 

 

Scouting

$7.21

Bales lost in dollars

$46,193,131

Cost + loss/acre

$149.32

Total

$79.94