Table 8c Alabama South 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

280,000

140,000

0.500

$9.00

$4.50

2.000

12,250

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

260,000

30,000

0.107

$6.75

$0.72

0.464

2,844

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

30,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Thrips

280,000

10,000

0.036

$5.50

$0.20

0.000

0

Beet Armyworm

5,000

1,000

0.004

$15.00

$0.05

0.000

0

Fall Armyworm

50,000

5,000

0.018

$15.00

$0.27

0.000

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

280,000

252,000

2.250

$7.00

$15.75

5.000

30,625

Grasshoppers

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Aphids

280,000

5,000

0.018

$10.00

$0.18

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

4,000

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

30,000

5,000

0.018

$14.00

$0.25

0.000

0

Southern Armyworms

168,000

10,000

0.036

$8.00

$0.29

0.000

0

Leaf Footed Bug

112,000

20,000

0.071

$7.00

$0.50

0.200

1,225

Cutworms

5,000

8,000

0.029

$4.00

$0.11

0.000

0

Percent Lost

7.66

Est. yield/acre

760

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$22.82

Total Acres

280,000

Spray applications

3.086

At planting

$10.68

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$20.00

 

 

Cost + loss

$30,884,300

Eradication

$4.50

Total Bales lost

46,944

 

 

Scouting

$4.02

Bales lost in dollars

$13,519,800

Cost + loss/acre

$110.30

Total

$62.02