Table 8b Alabama Central 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

80,000

20,000

0.250

$7.50

$1.88

2.000

3,167

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cotton Fleahopper

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Lygus

80,000

10,000

0.125

$7.00

$0.88

1.000

1,583

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

80,000

12,000

0.150

$5.50

$0.83

0.500

792

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

80,000

60,000

0.750

$7.00

$5.25

3.000

4,750

Grasshoppers

30,000

5,000

0.063

$6.75

$0.42

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

80,000

3,000

0.038

$9.50

$0.36

0.000

0

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

0

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

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

2,000

8,000

0.100

$2.00

$0.20

0.000

0

Percent Lost

6.50

Est. yield/acre

740

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$9.80

Total Acres

80,000

Spray applications

1.475

At planting

$10.73

Harvested acres

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$18.90

 

 

Cost + loss

$6,742,250

Eradication

$4.50

Total Bales lost

10,292

 

 

Scouting

$3.30

Bales lost in dollars

$2,964,000

Cost + loss/acre

$84.28

Total

$47.23