Table 9b Arizona nonBt Cotton Insect Losses 2006

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

12,201

4,067

0.149

$17.30

$2.57

0.268

263

Pink Bollworm

20,334

5,422

0.496

$17.51

$8.68

2.258

2,218

Cotton Fleahopper

11,845

271

0.005

$10.33

0.05

0.026

26

Lygus

16,700

8,134

0.298

$17.50

$5.21

0.901

885

Cotton Leaf Perforator

2,784

325

0.012

$14.00

$0.17

0.006

6

Spider Mites

6,679

1,465

0.054

$16.50

$0.88

0.059

58

Thrips

26,841

4,880

0.179

$11.88

$2.12

0.526

517

Beet Armyworm

12,785

5,422

0.149

$18.00

$2.68

0.086

84

Fall Armyworm

2,024

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

11,306

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.004

4

Grasshoppers

4,925

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

8,134

284

0.010

$14.00

$0.15

0.002

2

Aphids

1,084

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

8,985

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

24,401

18,979

1.042

$26.00

$27.08

0.714

702

Loopers

7,970

1,356

0.050

$20.00

$0.99

0.001

1

Yellowstriped Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Pale-sided Flea Beetles

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

               

Percent Lost

4.85

 

Est. yield/acre

1,300

   

Cost/ Acre

           

Foliar insecticide

$50.58

Total Acres

27,334

 

Spray applications

2.442

 

At planting

$0.57

           

Bt use fees

$0.00

     

Cost + loss

$3,396,128

 

Eradication*

$11.03

Total Bales lost

4,765

       

Scouting

$11.85

Bales lost in dollars

$1,372,411

 

Cost + loss/acre

$124.25

 

Total

$74.04

Official Arizona Cotton Losses may be seen on the Arizona WEB http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/cotton/insects/cil/cil.html *Eradication PBW ($10.28) + Boll Weevil (0.75) = $11.03