Table 21 South Carolina 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

265,000

265,000

1.000

$10.50

$10.50

1.00

5,521

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

10,000

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

265,000

13,250

0.050

$10.00

$0.50

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

26,250

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

265,000

265,000

1.000

$15.00

$15.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

265,000

265,000

2.000

$10.50

$21.00

7.00

38,646

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

26,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

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

2,650

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

8.00

Est. yield/acre

840

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$47.00

Total Acres

265,000

Spray applications

4.050

At planting

$15.00

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$15.73

 

 

Cost + loss

$36,843,625

Eradication

$5.00

Total Bales lost

44,167

 

 

Scouting

$8.31

Bales lost in dollars

$12,720,000

Cost + loss/acre

$139.03

Total

$91.03