Table 13 Georgia Summary 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

1,070,000

560,000

0.645

$8.46

$5.45

1.97

49,688

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

670,000

165,000

0.136

$6.50

$0.89

0.28

6,979

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

11,000

500

0.000

$10.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

1,010,000

135,000

0.112

$6.00

$0.67

0.08

2,104

Beet Armyworm

40,000

20,000

0.017

$9.00

$0.15

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

165,000

40,000

0.033

$9.00

$0.30

0.03

688

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

1,050,000

980,000

1.992

$7.50

$14.94

1.74

43,750

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

830,000

115,000

0.095

$8.00

$0.76

0.07

1,729

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

28,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

560,000

140,000

0.116

$10.00

$1.16

0.05

1,167

Southern Armyworms

16,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

11,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

4.21

Est. yield/acre

850

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$24.32

Total Acres

1,210,000

Spray applications

3.145

At planting

$9.01

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$16.88

 

 

Cost + loss

$101,700,500

Eradication

$3.00

Total Bales lost

106,104

 

 

Scouting

$5.59

Bales lost in dollars

$30,558,000

Cost + loss/acre

$84.05

Total

$58.80