Table 23e Texas Far West Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

105,400

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

270,000

55,000

0.217

$10.27

$2.22

2.72

22,434

Pink Bollworm

68,581

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.10

814

Cotton Fleahopper

435,000

14,000

0.031

$5.00

$0.15

0.23

1,886

Lygus

5,000

1,500

0.003

$13.50

$0.04

0.00

18

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

315,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

80,000

13,000

0.028

$14.00

$0.40

0.18

1,445

Fall Armyworm

120,000

16,000

0.035

$16.63

$0.58

0.45

3,685

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

52,500

20,200

0.044

$9.01

$0.40

0.03

275

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

3.70

Est. yield/acre

742

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$3.80

Total Acres

457,000

Spray applications

0.358

At planting

$0.27

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$4.91

 

 

Cost + loss

$15,766,555

Eradication

$6.02

Total Bales lost

30,556

 

 

Scouting

$0.24

Bales lost in dollars

$8,800,133

Cost + loss/acre

$34.50

Total

$15.24