Table 14 Kansas 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

25,000

5,000

0.059

$10.00

$0.59

0.00

0

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

10,000

3,000

0.035

$8.00

0.28

0.12

125

Lygus

10,000

1,000

0.024

$8.00

$0.19

0.06

63

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

40,000

25,000

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.24

250

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

0

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

0.41

Est. yield/acre

560

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$1.06

Total Acres

85,000

Spray applications

0.118

At planting

$0.00

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

Cost + loss

$216,320

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

438

 

 

Scouting

$0.00

Bales lost in dollars

$126,000

Cost + loss/acre

$2.54

Total

$1.06