Table 23d Texas High Plains Cotton Insect Losses – 2005
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
Boll Weevil |
85,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Bollworm/Budworm |
3,114,000 |
1,124,500 |
0.423 |
$6.00 |
$2.54 |
1.98 |
149,861 |
Pink Bollworm |
500,000 |
48,000 |
0.035 |
$7.00 |
$0.24 |
0.12 |
8,750 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
331,000 |
10,000 |
0.003 |
$6.00 |
$0.02 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
257,000 |
5,000 |
0.001 |
$7.50 |
$0.01 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
350,000 |
38,000 |
0.011 |
$10.50 |
$0.12 |
0.02 |
1,531 |
Thrips |
3,100,000 |
150,000 |
0.043 |
$5.50 |
$0.24 |
0.90 |
67,813 |
Beet Armyworm |
200,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Fall Armyworm |
175,000 |
80,000 |
0.023 |
$8.50 |
$0.20 |
0.01 |
766 |
European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
15,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Grasshoppers |
40,000 |
5,000 |
0.001 |
$7.85 |
$0.01 |
0.00 |
88 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
2,850,000 |
120,000 |
0.035 |
$9.50 |
$0.33 |
0.16 |
12,469 |
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 |
Darkling Beetle |
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 |
3.19 |
Est. yield/acre |
777 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$3.70 |
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Total Acres |
3,460,000 |
Spray applications |
0.575 |
At planting |
$2.02 |
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Bt use fees |
$2.60 |
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Cost + loss |
$130,505,590 |
Eradication |
$8.00 |
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Total Bales lost |
241,277 |
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Scouting |
$1.32 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$69,487,740 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$37.72 |
Total |
$17.64 |