Table 23h Texas Northern Blacklands Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

58,000

58,000

5.800

$4.50

$26.10

7.73

6,825

Bollworm/Budworm

6,000

2,000

0.033

$9.50

$0.32

0.10

88

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

60,000

51,000

0.850

$5.00

$4.25

1.80

1,589

Lygus

13,000

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

10,000

5,000

0.083

$15.00

$1.25

0.08

74

Thrips

59,000

59,000

0.983

$5.00

$4.92

0.49

434

Beet Armyworm

11,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

48,000

1,000

0.017

$6.00

$0.10

0.08

71

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

25,000

10,000

0.167

$6.00

$1.00

0.04

37

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

10.33

Est. yield/acre

600

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$37.93

Total Acres

60,000

Spray applications

7.933

At planting

$6.77

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$17.50

 

 

Cost + loss

$7,437,473

Eradication

$13.25

Total Bales lost

9,116

 

 

Scouting

$4.75

Bales lost in dollars

$2,625,473

Cost + loss/acre

$123.96

Total

$80.20