Table 23i Texas Southern Blacklands Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

81,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

42,000

20,000

0.257

$13.00

$3.35

0.90

2,188

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

116,500

90,000

1.159

$8.50

$9.85

5.00

12,135

Lygus

10,000

2,500

0.021

$9.50

$0.20

0.04

104

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

21,000

7,000

0.060

$15.00

$0.90

0.36

875

Thrips

100,000

50,000

0.429

$4.00

$1.72

0.86

2,083

Beet Armyworm

1,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

3,000

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

4,000

2,500

0.021

$10.00

$0.21

0.01

21

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

30,000

4,000

0.034

$7.00

$0.24

0.13

313

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

7.30

Est. yield/acre

500

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.47

Total Acres

116,510

Spray applications

1.983

At planting

$9.44

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$15.14

 

 

Cost + loss

$12,183,900

Eradication

$15.00

Total Bales lost

17,719

 

 

Scouting

$4.72

Bales lost in dollars

$5,103,000

Cost + loss/acre

$104.57

Total

$60.78