Table 16d Mississippi Hills 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 |
60,000 |
40,000 |
0.571 |
$8.50 |
$4.86 |
1.37 |
2,600 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
200 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
70,000 |
63,000 |
1.350 |
$8.50 |
$11.48 |
0.40 |
758 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
40,000 |
18,000 |
0.257 |
$11.50 |
$2.96 |
0.17 |
325 |
Thrips |
70,000 |
29,500 |
0.421 |
$5.00 |
$2.11 |
0.10 |
190 |
Beet Armyworm |
5,500 |
900 |
0.013 |
$9.50 |
$0.12 |
0.00 |
2 |
Fall Armyworm |
15,000 |
4,250 |
0.067 |
$11.00 |
$0.73 |
0.04 |
81 |
European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
45,750 |
13,500 |
0.193 |
$7.00 |
$1.35 |
0.20 |
372 |
Grasshoppers |
1,850 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
750 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
67,500 |
24,500 |
0.385 |
$9.25 |
$3.56 |
0.10 |
183 |
Banded Winged Whitefly |
4,500 |
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 |
13,500 |
650 |
0.009 |
$8.50 |
$0.08 |
0.00 |
4 |
Southern Armyworms |
1,000 |
400 |
0.006 |
$7.00 |
$0.04 |
0.00 |
0 |
Clouded Plant Bugs |
13,000 |
200 |
0.003 |
$8.00 |
$0.02 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cutworms |
8,500 |
11,000 |
0.157 |
$2.00 |
$0.31 |
0.00 |
2 |
Percent Lost |
2.38 |
Est. yield/acre |
725 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$27.62 |
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Total Acres |
70,000 |
Spray applications |
3.433 |
At planting |
$8.55 |
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Bt use fees |
$0.00 |
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Cost + loss |
$5,040,421 |
Eradication |
$12.00 |
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Total Bales lost |
4,517 |
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Scouting |
$5.25 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$1,300,983 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$72.01 |
Total |
$53.42 |