Table 16b Mississippi Delta nonBt 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 |
75,000 |
67,500 |
1.350 |
$8.50 |
$11.48 |
3.00 |
7,500 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
1,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
75,000 |
73,625 |
4.418 |
$8.50 |
$37.55 |
1.90 |
4,750 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
60,000 |
15,000 |
0.300 |
$12.75 |
$3.83 |
0.80 |
2,000 |
Thrips |
75,000 |
35,550 |
0.474 |
$5.50 |
$2.61 |
0.25 |
625 |
Beet Armyworm |
7,500 |
1,800 |
0.026 |
$9.50 |
$0.25 |
0.01 |
25 |
Fall Armyworm |
35,000 |
16,500 |
0.330 |
$11.25 |
$3.71 |
0.23 |
583 |
European Cornborer |
2,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
65,500 |
21,500 |
0.287 |
$7.00 |
$2.01 |
0.26 |
655 |
Grasshoppers |
4,150 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
7,850 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
73,520 |
23,550 |
0.314 |
$9.25 |
$2.90 |
0.10 |
245 |
Banded Winged Whitefly |
12,500 |
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 |
15,500 |
900 |
0.012 |
$8.50 |
$0.10 |
0.00 |
5 |
Southern Armyworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Clouded Plant Bugs |
6,000 |
250 |
0.003 |
$8.00 |
$0.03 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cutworms |
19,500 |
29,000 |
0.387 |
$2.00 |
$0.77 |
0.00 |
7 |
Percent Lost |
6.56 |
Est. yield/acre |
910 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$65.23 |
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Total Acres |
75,000 |
Spray applications |
7.901 |
At planting |
$8.55 |
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Bt use fees |
$0.00 |
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Cost + loss |
$11,399,032 |
Eradication |
$8.50 |
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Total Bales lost |
16,395 |
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Scouting |
$6.75 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$4,721,616 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$151.99 |
Total |
$89.03 |