Table 18 New Mexico 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

63,700

56,100

0.834

$18.50

$15.43

2.94

4,739

Pink Bollworm

900

340

0.006

$24.00

$0.15

0.00

1

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

7,200

2,600

0.039

$8.25

$0.32

0.04

69

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

3,800

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.14

219

Beet Armyworm

650

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

2,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

18

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

1,800

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

6

Grasshoppers

1,150

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

1

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

9,000

2,800

0.042

$22.50

$0.94

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

3.13

Est. yield/acre

864

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.83

Total Acres

67,255

Spray applications

0.920

At planting

$2.14

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$4.65

 

 

Cost + loss

$4,189,408

Eradication *

$11.63

Total Bales lost

5,054

 

 

Scouting

$5.40

Bales lost in dollars

$1,455,615

Cost + loss/acre

$62.29

Total

$40.65

*Eradication includes both Pink Bollworm and Boll Weevil costs