Table 23c Texas North Rolling Plains Cotton Insect Losses – 2005
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
Boll Weevil |
30,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Bollworm/Budworm |
500,000 |
25,000 |
0.050 |
$8.00 |
$0.40 |
4.00 |
35,417 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
500,000 |
100,000 |
0.200 |
$7.50 |
$1.50 |
1.00 |
8,854 |
Lygus |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
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 |
500,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Beet Armyworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Fall Armyworm |
5,000 |
5,000 |
0.010 |
$10.50 |
$0.11 |
0.00 |
0 |
European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
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 |
0 |
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 |
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 |
5.00 |
Est. yield/acre |
500 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$2.01 |
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Total Acres |
500,000 |
Spray applications |
0.260 |
At planting |
$0.27 |
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Bt use fees |
$2.00 |
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Cost + loss |
$20,507,500 |
Eradication |
$11.00 |
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Total Bales lost |
44,271 |
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Scouting |
$0.24 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$12,750,000 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$41.02 |
Total |
$15.52 |