Table 8 Summary Alabama Cotton Insect Losses – 2005
Pest |
acres infested |
acres treated |
# insect appls |
Cost of 1 applic |
cost/ acre |
%red |
Bales lost |
Boll Weevil |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Bollworm/Budworm |
630,000 |
325,000 |
0.542 |
$7.00 |
$3.79 |
2.39 |
35,892 |
Pink Bollworm |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Cotton Fleahopper |
10,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Lygus |
610,000 |
250,000 |
0.697 |
$6.35 |
$4.42 |
1.02 |
15,396 |
Cotton Leaf Perforator |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Spider Mites |
225,000 |
95,000 |
0.181 |
$12.00 |
$2.17 |
0.34 |
5,146 |
Thrips |
630,000 |
162,000 |
0.302 |
$4.17 |
$1.26 |
0.78 |
11,760 |
Beet Armyworm |
5,000 |
1,000 |
0.002 |
$15.00 |
$0.02 |
0.00 |
0 |
Fall Armyworm |
220,000 |
5,000 |
0.008 |
$15.00 |
$0.12 |
0.15 |
2,302 |
European Cornborer |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Stink Bugs |
560,000 |
332,000 |
1.127 |
$6.98 |
$7.87 |
2.39 |
35,917 |
Grasshoppers |
35,000 |
5,000 |
0.008 |
$6.75 |
$0.05 |
0.00 |
0 |
Saltmarsh Caterpillars |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Aphids |
560,000 |
18,000 |
0.029 |
$10.19 |
$0.29 |
0.04 |
542 |
Banded Winged Whitefly |
4,000 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia) |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
N/A |
$0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Loopers |
70,000 |
5,000 |
0.008 |
$14.00 |
$0.11 |
0.00 |
0 |
Southern Armyworms |
168,000 |
10,000 |
0.016 |
$8.00 |
$0.13 |
0.00 |
0 |
Leaf Footed Bug |
127,000 |
20,000 |
0.032 |
$7.00 |
$0.22 |
0.08 |
1,225 |
Cutworms |
67,000 |
66,000 |
0.105 |
$2.24 |
$0.23 |
0.00 |
0 |
Percent Lost |
7.20 |
Est. yield/acre |
777 |
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Cost/ Acre |
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Foliar insecticide |
$20.70 |
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Total Acres |
630,000 |
Spray applications |
3.055 |
At planting |
$11.43 |
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Bt use fees |
$15.81 |
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Cost + loss |
$66,736,900 |
Eradication |
$4.29 |
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Total Bales lost |
108,179 |
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Scouting |
$4.26 |
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Bales lost in dollars |
$31,155,600 |
Cost + loss/acre |
$105.93 |
Total |
$56.48 |