Table 20 Oklahoma Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

1,200

1,200

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.01

48

Bollworm/Budworm

238,100

91,587

0.565

$10.00

$5.65

3.33

16,022

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

242,982

200,000

1.646

$6.00

$9.88

6.00

28,854

Lygus

15,000

5,000

0.021

$6.00

$0.12

0.06

297

Cotton Leaf Perforator

185,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

2,500

1,000

0.004

$12.00

$0.05

0.01

25

Thrips

242,982

156,500

0.773

$6.00

$4.64

3.00

14,427

Beet Armyworm

56,000

18,000

0.074

$14.00

$1.04

0.29

1,385

Fall Armyworm

27,000

2,500

0.010

$14.00

$0.14

0.06

267

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

125,000

2,500

0.010

$9.50

$0.10

0.26

1,237

Grasshoppers

86,000

1,000

0.004

$6.75

$0.03

0.18

851

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

50,000

5,000

0.021

$7.50

$0.15

0.10

495

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

13.29

Est. yield/acre

800

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$21.80

Total Acres

242,982

Spray applications

3.129

At planting

$4.39

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$6.34

 

 

Cost + loss

$30,513,557

Eradication

$14.73

Total Bales lost

63,908

 

 

Scouting

$2.57

Bales lost in dollars

$18,405,460

Cost + loss/acre

$125.58

Total

$49.83