Table 16 Mississippi 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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

1,093,750

864,437

0.760

$8.08

$6.14

1.313

49,579

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

7,200

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

1,200,000

1,096,625

3.830

$8.55

$32.73

1.824

68,871

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Spider Mites

925,000

278,000

0.321

$12.60

$4.05

0.640

24,153

Thrips

1,200,000

586,600

0.520

$5.36

$2.79

0.211

7,975

Beet Armyworm

59,250

16,700

0.014

$9.50

$0.13

0.003

102

Fall Armyworm

506,000

76,407

0.071

$11.22

$0.80

0.111

4,206

European Cornborer

2,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

924,750

238,000

0.232

$7.00

$1.63

0.274

10,360

Grasshoppers

88,775

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

36,200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

1,112,520

399,550

0.335

$9.19

$3.08

0.093

3,493

Banded Winged Whitefly

90,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

176,500

5,300

0.004

$8.50

$0.04

0.001

57

Southern Armyworms

4,200

1,350

0.001

$7.00

$0.01

0.000

1

Clouded Plant Bugs

54,000

3,350

0.003

$8.00

$0.02

0.000

7

Cutworms

195,000

286,000

0.238

$2.00

$0.48

0.002

63

Percent Lost

4.47

Est. yield/acre

855

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$51.88

Total Acres

1,200,000

Spray applications

6.330

At planting

$8.55

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$19.10

 

 

Cost + loss

$162,811,300

Eradication

$9.23

Total Bales lost

168,868

 

 

Scouting

$6.38

Bales lost in dollars

$48,633,963

Cost + loss/acre

$135.68

Total

$95.15