Table 23a Texas Upper Coastal Bend Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

163,680

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

210,369

168,295

1.200

$10.36

$12.43

1.00

5,259

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

210,369

173,554

0.990

$4.65

$4.60

0.00

0

Lygus

189,332

28,000

0.133

$6.80

$0.91

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

157,777

10,518

0.050

$7.90

$0.39

0.75

3,944

Thrips

210,369

84,148

0.400

$5.90

$2.36

1.00

5,259

Beet Armyworm

63,111

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

168,000

94,666

0.540

$10.35

$5.59

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

210,369

99,925

0.570

$7.10

$4.05

1.00

5,259

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

40,000

10,000

0.048

$6.35

$0.30

0.00

0

Aphids

210,369

31,555

0.150

$7.15

$1.07

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

54,695

3,000

0.014

$10.00

$0.14

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

164,087

21,037

0.100

$11.00

$1.10

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

3,000

100

0.000

$9.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

11,000

600

0.003

$7.60

$0.02

0.00

0

Percent Lost

3.75

Est. yield/acre

565

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$32.97

Total Acres

210,369

Spray applications

4.198

At planting

$9.28

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$6.07

 

 

Cost + loss

$21,525,354

Eradication

$20.20

Total Bales lost

19,722

 

 

Scouting

$6.80

Bales lost in dollars

$5,679,965

Cost + loss/acre

$102.32

Total

$75.32