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

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$20.70

Total Acres

630,000

Spray applications

3.055

At planting

$11.43

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$15.81

 

 

Cost + loss

$66,736,900

Eradication

$4.29

Total Bales lost

108,179

 

 

Scouting

$4.26

Bales lost in dollars

$31,155,600

Cost + loss/acre

$105.93

Total

$56.48