Table 17 Missouri 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

240,500

80,560

0.051

$12.13

$0.62

0.27

3,758

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

40,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

400,000

285,000

0.648

$7.20

$4.66

0.23

3,125

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

225,100

50,050

0.046

$13.00

$0.59

0.13

1,759

Thrips

415,000

385,000

0.350

$4.00

$1.40

0.24

3,242

Beet Armyworm

5,000

4,000

0.003

$10.00

$0.03

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

5,000

2,000

0.001

$10.00

$0.01

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

150,000

25,000

0.011

$7.50

$0.09

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

1,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

50,000

5,000

0.000

$7.50

$0.00

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

15,000

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

30,000

10,000

0.007

$3.33

$0.02

0.00

0

Percent Lost

0.86

Est. yield/acre

988

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$7.42

Total Acres

440,000

Spray applications

1.117

At planting

$0.32

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$5.88

 

 

Cost + loss

$17,001,064

Eradication

$12.65

Total Bales lost

11,884

 

 

Scouting

$4.59

Bales lost in dollars

$3,422,475

Cost + loss/acre

$38.64

Total

$30.86