Table 9 Arizona Summary 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

78,675

17,555

0.058

$15.68

$0.91

0.091

817

Pink Bollworm

102,729

43,683

0.670

$14.59

$9.77

0.645

5,777

Cotton Fleahopper

113,543

31,571

0.051

$6.85

0.35

0.070

627

Lygus

222,602

199,176

1.583

$17.05

$27.00

4.191

37,564

Cotton Leaf Perforator

25,821

523

0.001

$17.60

$0.02

0.002

21

Spider Mites

59,750

33,742

0.141

$25.74

$3.63

0.168

1,508

Thrips

191,200

33,460

0.129

$12.25

$1.57

0.171

1,536

Beet Armyworm

53,256

10,527

0.031

$17.31

$0.54

0.016

141

Fall Armyworm

9,219

439

0.002

$17.00

$0.03

0.001

10

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

104,824

43,502

0.179

$14.19

$2.54

0.110

983

Grasshoppers

18,237

325

0.001

$18.00

$0.02

0.014

126

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

30,132

5,502

0.006

$6.38

$0.04

0.016

140

Aphids

15,887

3,088

0.016

$14.00

$0.22

0.023

204

Banded Winged Whitefly

46,555

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

224,909

198,047

2.072

$28.10

$58.21

3.172

28,427

Loopers

15,499

885

0.004

$12.00

$0.04

0.001

5

Yellowstriped Armyworms

1,262

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Pale-sided Flea Beetles

12,249

388

0.002

$15.00

$0.02

0.000

0

Cutworms

1,975

179

0.001

$11.73

$0.01

0.001

5

Percent Lost

8.69

Est. yield/acre

1,302

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$104.93

Total Acres

239,000

Spray applications

4.945

At planting

$0.85

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$25.18

 

 

Cost + loss

$56,215,381

Eradication

$0.75

Total Bales lost

77,890

 

 

Scouting

$9.64

Bales lost in dollars

$22,432,436

Cost + loss/acre

$235.21

Total

$141.35

Official Arizona Cotton Losses may be seen on the Arizona WEB http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html