Table 23g Texas Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Insect Losses – 2005
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
Boll Weevil |
37,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Bollworm/Budworm |
343,000 |
78,750 |
0.261 |
$10.00 |
$2.61 |
3.04 |
27,583 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
451,774 |
5,000 |
0.011 |
$6.50 |
$0.07 |
0.25 |
2,271 |
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 |
21,000 |
800 |
0.004 |
$20.00 |
$0.07 |
0.02 |
211 |
Thrips |
266,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Beet Armyworm |
10,000 |
1,500 |
0.007 |
$15.00 |
$0.10 |
0.00 |
20 |
Fall Armyworm |
168,750 |
33,750 |
0.075 |
$15.00 |
$1.12 |
0.52 |
4,750 |
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 |
300 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
250,800 |
42,750 |
0.095 |
$6.50 |
$0.62 |
0.14 |
1,261 |
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 Beetles |
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 |
3.97 |
Est. yield/acre |
789 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$4.59 |
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Total Acres |
451,774 |
Spray applications |
0.452 |
At planting |
$1.32 |
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Bt use fees |
$4.53 |
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Cost + loss |
$18,230,651 |
Eradication |
$5.75 |
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Total Bales lost |
36,095 |
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Scouting |
$1.16 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$10,395,328 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$40.35 |
Total |
$17.34 |