Table 9b Arizona nonBt 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

29,975

13,871

0.224

$15.68

$3.51

0.290

674

Pink Bollworm

54,260

40,143

2.525

$14.60

$36.87

2.450

5,697

Cotton Fleahopper

23,479

7,946

0.051

$8.56

0.44

0.053

124

Lygus

58,087

46,771

1.433

$16.77

$24.04

4.216

9,802

Cotton Leaf Perforator

7,531

523

0.003

$17.60

$0.06

0.006

14

Spider Mites

15,500

7,256

0.117

$26.55

$3.11

0.204

474

Thrips

49,600

8,680

0.140

$12.01

$1.68

0.170

394

Beet Armyworm

13,446

4,972

0.076

$17.60

$1.34

0.035

82

Fall Armyworm

3,296

439

0.007

$17.00

$0.12

0.003

8

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

23,933

7,763

0.113

$16.01

$1.80

0.097

224

Grasshoppers

6,572

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.013

30

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

11,477

1,962

0.015

$6.57

$0.10

0.030

70

Aphids

4,509

314

0.006

$14.00

$0.09

0.022

50

Banded Winged Whitefly

8,255

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

58,280

49,746

2.006

$26.51

$53.18

2.820

6,557

Loopers

7,723

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.001

2

Yellowstriped Armyworms

628

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Pale-sided Flea Beetles

2,427

138

0.002

$15.00

$0.03

0.000

0

Cutworms

837

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Percent Lost

10.41

Est. yield/acre

1,250

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$126.35

Total Acres

62,000

Spray applications

6.719

At planting

$0.68

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$0.00

 

 

Cost + loss

$15,497,726

Eradication

$0.75

Total Bales lost

24,203

 

 

Scouting

$9.75

Bales lost in dollars

$6,970,547

Cost + loss/acre

$249.96

Total

$137.54

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