Table 8a Alabama North 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

0.000

0

Bollworm/Budworm

270,000

165,000

0.672

$5.40

$3.63

2.800

20,475

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

270,000

210,000

1.478

$6.30

$9.31

1.500

10,969

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

190,000

95,000

0.422

$12.00

$5.07

0.704

5,146

Thrips

270,000

140,000

0.622

$4.00

$2.49

1.500

10,969

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

170,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.315

2,302

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

200,000

20,000

0.074

$6.30

$0.47

0.074

542

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

200,000

10,000

0.037

$10.50

$0.39

0.074

542

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Loopers

40,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

60,000

50,000

0.185

$2.00

$0.37

0.000

0

Percent Lost

6.97

Est. yield/acre

805

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$21.72

Total Acres

270,000

Spray applications

3.491

At planting

$12.41

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$10.56

 

 

Cost + loss

$29,110,350

Eradication

$4.00

Total Bales lost

50,944

 

 

Scouting

$4.79

Bales lost in dollars

$14,671,800

Cost + loss/acre

$107.82

Total

$53.48