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

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$65.23

Total Acres

75,000

Spray applications

7.901

At planting

$8.55

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

Cost + loss

$11,399,032

Eradication

$8.50

Total Bales lost

16,395

 

 

Scouting

$6.75

Bales lost in dollars

$4,721,616

Cost + loss/acre

$151.99

Total

$89.03