Table 22 Tennessee 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 |
616,000 |
135,000 |
0.241 |
$7.50 |
$1.81 |
0.90 |
11,550 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
5,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
616,000 |
492,800 |
1.200 |
$7.50 |
$9.00 |
0.40 |
5,133 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
369,600 |
61,600 |
0.140 |
$10.25 |
$1.44 |
0.18 |
2,310 |
Thrips |
616,000 |
154,000 |
0.250 |
$5.25 |
$1.31 |
0.20 |
2,567 |
Beet Armyworm |
24,000 |
800 |
0.001 |
$9.50 |
$0.01 |
0.00 |
0 |
Fall Armyworm |
210,000 |
25,000 |
0.041 |
$8.70 |
$0.35 |
0.07 |
875 |
European Cornborer |
1,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
492,000 |
246,400 |
0.440 |
$7.75 |
$3.41 |
0.72 |
9,225 |
Grasshoppers |
60,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
1,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
616,000 |
3,300 |
0.005 |
$7.70 |
$0.04 |
0.02 |
257 |
Banded Winged Whitefly |
8,000 |
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 |
200,000 |
1,000 |
0.002 |
$9.50 |
$0.02 |
0.00 |
0 |
Southern Armyworms |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Clouded Plant Bug |
460,000 |
360,000 |
0.701 |
$8.30 |
$5.82 |
0.67 |
8,625 |
Cutworms |
55,000 |
394,000 |
0.640 |
$1.40 |
$0.90 |
0.00 |
11 |
Percent Lost |
3.16 |
Est. yield/acre |
800 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$24.10 |
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Total Acres |
616,000 |
Spray applications |
3.661 |
At planting |
$8.56 |
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Bt use fees |
$15.21 |
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Cost + loss |
$50,435,076 |
Eradication |
$9.80 |
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Total Bales lost |
40,553 |
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Scouting |
$5.25 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$11,679,300 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$81.88 |
Total |
$62.92 |